Jeffrey W. Larroca

Representative Matters

• Writes and conducts supervisor and employee training programs.
• Conducts confidential investigations.
• Drafts policies and procedures.
• Maintains a regular practice before federal and state administrative agencies and courts.
• Assists clients with high level employment contract negotiations, terminations, exit packages, and reduction in force.
• Exercises his skills in multiple aspects of employment law, including Title VII, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, ADEA, labor relations, employment contracts, whistleblower claims, and class action defense.

Professional Affiliations

• Insight into Diversity, Member of the Board of Directors
• Metropolitan Area Credit Union Management Association
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• The Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law,  Former Adjunct Professor (2001-2006)

Awards and Recognition:

• Recognized as a 2015 Client Service All-Star by BTI Consulting Group Inc.
• Selected for Probate and Property’s 1996 Excellence in Writing Award, Best Cutting Edge Article on Real Property for his article “Changes Ahead: The Section 8 Program Under Fire.”

News and Insights

Publications

• “Harassment Cases: High Profile or Not, a Volatile Thicket (HR Daily Advisor)” , HR Daily Advisor, October 24, 2016.
• “The Abercrombie Case, Dress Codes, and Religious Discrimination” , Insight Into Diversity, July 2015.
• “Employers Must Tread Lightly Around a Worker’s State of Mind” , Insight Into Diversity, March 2014.
• “Anti-Bullying Laws Lead the Next Wave of Rights Legislation” , Insight Into Diversity, January/February 2014.
• “New Year’s Advice for Employers” , Into Diversity, December 2013.
• “What the High Court’s Ruling on DOMA Does Not Say” , Insight Into Diversity, Sept/Oct 2013.
• “Debating the Value of a College Degree” , Into Diversity, June 2013.
• “OBAMACARE in 2014: Stay Tuned” , Insight Into Diversity, April/May 2013.
• “Gun Legislation Impacts Workplace Policies” , Insight Into Diversity, March 2013.
• “Advice for a Happier New Year!” , Insight Into Diversity, December 2012.
• “An In-Depth Look at the Family and Medical Leave Act” , Into Diversity, Winter 2012.
• “Who Is Lily Ledbetter and Why Does She Matter?” , Insight Into Diversity, Summer 2012.
• “The Limits of Religious Accommodation” , Insight Into Diversity, June 2012.
• “Facing Facebook in the Office” , Insight Into Diversity, March 2012.
• “Five Things That Happened in 2011 Every Employer Should Know About” , Insight Into Diversity, December 2011.
• “The Unions Strike Back” , Insight Into Diversity, November 2011.
• “The Growth of Government and Its Impact on the Law” , Insight Into Diversity, Winter 2011.
• “Getting Off on the Right Foot with Employees” , Insight Into Diversity, October 2011.
• “The Brave New World of Expanding Gender and Sexual Status Rights” , Insight Into Diversity, June 2011.
• “Religion in the Workplace: The Top 5 Pitfalls” , Insight Into Diversity, Summer 2011.
• “The Graying of the American Workforce” , Insight Into Diversity, April/May 2011.
• “NFL Prepare for CBA Showdown” , Insight Into Diversity, March 2011.
• “Global Diversity and the American Workforce” , Insight Into Diversity, December 2010.
• “Discrimination: It’s the Little Things That Count” , Insight Into Diversity, Winter 2010.
• “Unraveling the Health Care Bill” , Insight Into Diversity, November 2010.
• “Technology, the Law and Electronic Communication” , Insight Into Diversity, October 2010.
• “The Business of Law” , Insight Into Diversity, June 2010.
• “How Employment Law Affects Children” , Insight Into Diversity, Summer 2010.
• “The Rights of Veterans and Those Who Serve” , Insight Into Diversity, April/May 2010.
• “FMLA and Schools: The “Special Rules” for Teachers” , Insight Into Diversity, March 2010.
• “What If the Owner of the Clippers Had Been a Professor?” , Insight Into Diversity, June 2014.

• “Binding Agreement: Can ‘Love Contracts’ Govern Your Inter-Office Romance?” Observer, May 2016.
• “Are ‘Love Contracts’ in the Workplace a Good Idea?” HR.BLR.com, February 2016.
• “Five Things That Happened in 2011 Every Employer Should Know About (and some quick suggestions for your 2012 “To Do” list),” Eckert Seamans’ Legal Update, Spring 2012.
• “Toyota Motor Mfg, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams: Disabling the Americans with Disabilities Act,” The Catholic University’s The Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, 2002.