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The Director of the Ohio Department of Health issued a “Stay at Home” Order on Sunday, March 22, 2020. While that Order mandates that Ohio residents stay home and that non-essential businesses and operations cease, it contains a broad exemption for...By: Benesch

Human coronaviruses are not uncommon; however, the novel and highly transmissible coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has rightly triggered a multitude of concerns and questions related to its impact on...By: Benesch

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced this morning that its final rule outlining the legal test for determining a joint employer will be published in the federal register tomorrow, February 26, 2020, and become effective April 27,...By: Benesch

On February 20, 2020, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Taxation Administration of the People’s Republic of China jointly released the Notice regarding Provisional Reduction and Exemption of...By: Benesch

Introduction: The PRO Act Overall - Early last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protecting the Right to Organize Act,” H.R.2474 (“PRO Act”), which would fundamentally shift various important employee/employer relationships, and...By: Benesch

As you might already know about the current outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), starting from the city of Wuhan in Hubei province and spreading all over China and even to an increasing number of countries worldwide, the virus and the...By: Benesch

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”) is now requiring that employers register on myaccount.uscis.gov and pay a one-time ten (10) dollar registration fee in order to participate in the Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B Visa Cap-Subject lottery. The...By: Benesch

Benesch Secures Summary Judgment Win Dismissing Case for SmileDirectClub - In a precedent-setting win for teledentistry pioneer SmileDirectClub and New Jersey consumers, the Superior Court of New Jersey rejected an attempt by the New Jersey Dental...By: Benesch

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”) released its 2019 data regarding union membership on January 22, 2020. The decline of union membership in the private sector continues. Since 1983, the number of union members has declined from 17.7 million...By: Benesch

On January 16, 2020, finding that “California runs off the road and into the preemption ditch,” Judge Roger Benitez of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California issued his decision granting a preliminary injunction...By: Benesch