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“While we recognize that workplace drug-testing policies implicate employees’ privacy interests, we find as a matter of law that the facts alleged in appellees’ complaint cannot sustain their common-law invasion-of-privacy claim.”
Justice Kennedy, majority opinion
“At the time appellees were required to provide their urine samples, they were presented with two choices: either provide a…
“It is less likely that a wrongful-termination-in-violation-of-public-policy claim is necessary when remedies for statutory violations are included in the statutory scheme.”
Justice Fischer, Majority Opinion
“I fail to see how the administrative remedies in R.C. Chapter 4141 adequately protect the public policy of ensuring an employer’s accurate and honest wage reporting without allowing a remedy…
On August 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“So could an employer say to an at-will employee, that you have to supply a urine sample in the center of the workplace with everyone watching?”
Justice DeWine, to counsel for Sterilite
“Why is…
“We nevertheless conclude that R.C. 124.27(B) and Ohio’s civil- service scheme as a whole do not express a clear public policy that would support recognizing a wrongful-discharge tort for probationary employees. The General Assembly has spoken clearly: probationary employees do not enjoy the same rights and protections afforded to tenured civil servants.”
Justice French, opinion…
Update: On August 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“If 124.27 supposedly makes all probationary employees at-will, then why did the legislature bother mentioning unsatisfactory employees in there?”
Justice Donnelly, to the Deputy State Solicitor
“Aren’t you asking us to give more…
Update: On February 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On April 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Christine House v. Bruce Iacovelli, et al., 2018-0434. At issue is whether the statutory penalties for employers imposed…
Update: On August 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the argument here.
On April 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in James Miracle v. Ohio Department of Veterans’ Services and Office of the…
Update: On September 24, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“So you are saying that any percentage that the city attempts to enact that favors its residents in any percentage over anybody else is unlawful?”
Justice Stewart, to the State Solicitor
“So could…
