OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Violations
By Management Labor Lawyer | | OSHA
OSHA’s list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites. OSHA publishes this list to alert employers about these commonly cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed in these and other standards before OSHA shows up. 1926.451 – Scaffolding 1926.501 – Fall Protection 1910.1200…
Read More HRACO Traditional Labor SIG Meets Tomorrow
By Management Labor Lawyer | | HRACO, Speaking
Labor Lawyer and member of the Human Resource Association of Central Ohio, Matt Austin, leads HRACO’s Traditional Labor SIG tomorrow from 8:30 – 10:00 at the Wesley Glen Retirement Community, 5155 N. High St. Columbus, OH 43214. Thank you to Christopher Nichols for hosting the meeting. The meeting will focus on helping the members understand an…
Read More Matt Austin Gave NLRB Legal Update at Ohio State Bar Association Annual Convention
By Management Labor Lawyer | | Speaking
Management labor lawyer Matt Austin presented a seminar to other attorneys about the flurry of changes to established legal precedent coming from the National Labor Relations Board at the Ohio State Bar Association’s Annual Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. The crowd of roughly 75 attorneys were treated to a legal update focused solely on the resurgence…
Read More Matt Austin to Present “Is Your Handbook a Hand Grenade” at Lancaster Fairfield Area Chamber Meeting
By Management Labor Lawyer | | Speaking
Employment attorney Matt Austin is excited to present the always-riveting seminar: “Is your Handbook a Hand Grenade” to the Lancaster Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce on June 6, 2013. This presentations will cover many of the nuances between a lawful, beneficial handbook and an unlawful detrimental handbook, including toxic policies, iron-clad policies, and policies that…
Read More The Difference Between Unable to Pay and Unwilling to Pay
By Management Labor Lawyer | | Negotiations
As appearing in the Human Resources Association of Central Ohio (HRACO) newsletter The Difference Between an Unwillingness to Pay and an Inability to Pay is Enormous A company’s financial health is generally confidential information that is not known to the rank and file workforce or the union that represents them. Yet, there is a little…
Read More What is Union Street Theater?
By Management Labor Lawyer | | Street Theater
Street theater, like picketing (here and here), handbilling, and blowing up a union rat, is used by unions to exert pressure on non-union companies. The union’s thought is that if it can make life uncomfortable for the non-union company, then the non-union company will sign a collective bargaining agreement and have its employees become members of a union. In reality,…
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