OPLC Senior Attorney Mike Smalz participates in Advocates for Ohio’s Future press conference on HB 394
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Employment
We Thought We Had Resolved Electronic Access to Unemployment Compensation, But…
Last July we told you about House Bill 2 – the bill that as originally proposed would have required every unemployed Ohio worker seeking unemployment… Read More »We Thought We Had Resolved Electronic Access to Unemployment Compensation, But…
Advocates Improve Unemployment Compensation Bill for Ohio Workers
The Ohio General Assembly has passed new unemployment compensation legislation, House Bill 2 (HB 2), and Governor Kasich signed HB 2 on July 11, 2013. It becomes law 90 days… Read More »Advocates Improve Unemployment Compensation Bill for Ohio Workers
School Discipline Is a Community Issue: Why People Whose Kids Are Grown or Who Don’t Have Kids Should Care About What’s Happening in Our Schools
Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think… Read More »School Discipline Is a Community Issue: Why People Whose Kids Are Grown or Who Don’t Have Kids Should Care About What’s Happening in Our Schools
Understanding Prepaid Debit Cards – Starting Up The Learning Curve
On July 25 the Ohio Poverty Law Center sponsored “Law and Economics of Poverty”, a training for legal aid attorneys in Ohio, at which many… Read More »Understanding Prepaid Debit Cards – Starting Up The Learning Curve
New Legislation Would Extend Unemployment Compensation Benefits to Some Part-Time Ohio Workers
HB 484, sponsored by Rep. Mike Duffey (R-Worthington), would create the so-called Shared Work Ohio program. Under the bill, if a Shared Work program is… Read More »New Legislation Would Extend Unemployment Compensation Benefits to Some Part-Time Ohio Workers
New Ohio Human Trafficking Law
On June 27, 2012, Governor Kasich signed the new Ohio Human Trafficking Law, House Bill 262 (HB 262), after it was passed by the Ohio General Assembly… Read More »New Ohio Human Trafficking Law
Governor Kasich Signs New Collateral Sanctions Law
On June 26, 2012, Governor Kasich signed Senate Bill 337 (SB 337), which removes, or creates mechanisms for removing, a wide range of so-called “collateral sanctions”… Read More »Governor Kasich Signs New Collateral Sanctions Law
Collateral Sanctions Bills Will Help Ohioans Get Back on Their Feet
“You want to give people a chance and help them get their lives back” – John Kasich, Governor of Ohio Many advocates… Read More »Collateral Sanctions Bills Will Help Ohioans Get Back on Their Feet