• There are currently 22,256 manufacturing-related jobs posted at OhioMeansJobs.com, down from about 30,000 a year ago.
• OMA Connections Partner Thompson Hine, in this alert, urges employers to familiarize themselves with the NLRB’s recent action regarding severance agreements with broad non-disparagement or confidentiality provisions.
• This guidance from OMA Connections Partner Calfee discusses how employer-provided health benefits may be affected by the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency.
• OMA Connections Partner Dinsmore has summarized a new federal law that expands protections for employees who are pregnant or breastfeeding. (The enforcement provisions take effect April 28.)
• On May 2, OMA Connections Partner Plante Moran will host a complimentary webinar to help employers reduce risks tied to employee benefit plans.
• Real average hourly earnings for U.S. employees on private payrolls — when adjusted for consumer price changes — have decreased on a 12-month basis in each of the last 13 months, federal data show.
  • Real average hourly earnings for production and non-supervisory employees, when combined with a decrease of 0.9% in the average workweek, have seen a 1.2% decrease over this period.

Meanwhile, this comparison of job resignation rates in all 50 states shows Ohio had the 16th lowest quit rate during the past year. 3/23/2023