• Ohio’s unemployment rate edged up slightly in August to 3.4% — still well below the 3.8% U.S. rate. Here are the jobless rates for each county.
  • Ohio’s labor force participation rate in August was 62.1%, compared to the U.S. rate of 62.8%.
  • Ohio manufacturing trimmed 1,100 jobs in August, but the sector was still up 3,500 positions year over year.
  • To view labor conditions for all Ohio metro areas, see this report.
• Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, OMA Connections Partner Fisher Phillips has published guidance for employers with questions on how their Diversity, Equity & Inclusion programs may be affected.
• This on-demand webinar, recently recorded by OMA Connections Partner Thompson Hine, examines the future of non-compete agreements.
• In this summary, OMA Connections Partner Dinsmore explains how the NLRB has handed unions a major victory by reviving 1940s legal doctrine that allows unions to represent employees without winning a formal election.
• OMA Connections Partner Vorys has also published a summary of recent NLRB activity aimed at aiding efforts to unionize more workplaces.

Meanwhile, a new Gallup survey finds managers are more likely to be burned out and disengaged than their teams due to budget cuts and added responsibilities. 9/21/2023