Employment Law Court Rulings

Public employment—In order to negate statutory rights of public employees, a collective bargaining agreement must use language with such specificity as to explicitly demonstrate that the intent of the parties was to preempt statutory rights.

Employment relations—Labor unions—Collective bargaining agreement—Arbitration—Arbitrator, after determining there was just cause to discipline an employee, has authority to review appropriateness of type of discipline imposed, when.

Retaliation Temporal Proximity Causation Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy Free Speech State Action. In the absence of state action, the free speech protections of the Ohio Constitution do not generally provide a basis for an at-will employee to raise a claim of wrongful…

Motion for judgment on the pleadings Civ.R. 12 Civ.R. 8 Civ.R. 10 pro se litigant false imprisonment confinement force threat of force breach of contract constitutional deprivation state actor discrimination. Appellant failed to plead actionable claims for false imprisonment, breach of contract,…

summary judgment - sex discrimination - gender discrimination - sexual harassment - privacy interest - R.C. 4112.02(A) - retaliatory discrimination - circumstantial evidence - R.C. 4112.02(I) - aiding and abetting to commit discrimination - R.C. 4112.02(J)