As ICE continues to ramp up its enforcement activities, it is important (now more than ever) that employers understand their rights and responsibilities should ICE come to their business. If ICE comes to your business, you should first determine whether you are legally required to let them enter. Whether you must allow them to enter depends on (1) where they are trying to enter, and (2) what documents they have with them. ICE is permitted to enter publicly accessible areas of your business without a judicial warrant. Publicly accessible areas include any area of your business the public can enter, …
The Ohio Supreme Court Issues Long Awaited Decision Regarding Temporary Total Disability
After more than a year of waiting, the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision in State ex rel. AutoZone Stores, Inc. v. Indus. Comm’n has finally restored employers’ ability to defend against claims where an employee stops working for reasons unrelated to their injuries. The Ohio legislature added a new section to R.C. §4123.56 which went into effect on September 15, 2020. The newly added section (F) wiped out a long history of workers’ compensation case law regarding the “voluntary abandonment” doctrine. Previously, the doctrine of voluntary abandonment denied a claimant temporary total disability compensation (“TTD”) when the injured worker stopped working …