FFCRA Expands Paid Sick Leave In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA mandates two (2) weeks of Expanded Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) and up to 10 weeks of Expanded Family Medical Leave (EFMLA) be available...

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Pickrel, Schaeffer and Ebeling Announces Additional Location

Jan Burden

Katrina Wahl, Matthew C. Sorg, News, Press Releases, Press Releases

We are excited to announce the opening of an additional location in Troy, Ohio at 22 North Short Street right across from the Miami County Court House. President of Pickrel, Schaeffer and Ebeling, Michael W. Sandner has this to say about the additional location, “we...

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OSHA Updates Employers on Drug Screening and Safety Incentives Programs

Kristina Curry

Business, Tax & Real Estate, Kristina E. Curry, Legal News, Legal News for Businesses, Matthew C. Sorg, Workers Compensation & Employment, Workers' Compensation and Employment Law

On October 11, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA) released an updated Memorandum to clarify its position on whether employee drug screening and safety incentive programs are permissible. In May 2016, OSHA published a final rule that prohibited employers from retaliating against their...

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Marriage, Children and Divorce

Matt Sorg

Legal News, Legal News for Individuals, Litigation, Matthew C. Sorg, Senney Says by Jeff Senney

“Women always think men will change, but they don’t. Men think women won’t change, but they do.” Luther, BBCTV, Series 1, Episode 4. Not that we need Hallmark to remind us of the need to express our love for our significant others, the other side of...

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Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K

Jan Burden

Legal News for Individuals, Matthew C. Sorg

As the half of the eponymous adventurers in the 1989 opus “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” Ted Logan advises that “strange things are afoot at the Circle K.” Contained inside the proposed tax bill that is now making its way through Congress is an important...

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Marriage, Children and Divorce

Matt Sorg

Legal News, Legal News for Individuals, Matthew C. Sorg, News

Written by: Matt Sorg The real tragedy of marriage: “Women always think men will change, but they don’t. Men think women won’t change, but they do.” (“Episode #1.4.” Luther, British Broadcasting Corporation, 7 Nov. 2010. Television.) As we approach peak wedding season, it is somewhat ironic to...

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