As readers of this blog know, I enjoy passing along nuggets of information that you might otherwise overlook. One such publication is the Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Quarterly which, truth be told, really gets published three times a year instead of four. But there is always something to pick up in the articles…. Continue Reading
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Breakfast with the NLRB Region 34 Director – What’s New?
Posted in Labor Law & NRLBLast year, I published a series of posts about the Connecticut Bar Association’s breakfast with NLRB Region 34 Director Jonathan Kreisberg. Kreisberg repeated that breakfast earlier this week. Although I was unable to personally attend, breakfast organizer Nicole Bernabo was kind enough to recap the event and agreed to share her recollections for the blog…. Continue Reading
Quick Hits: Employee Leave Under ADA, Law Review Articles, CBA Annual Meeting, Nonprofits, Boeing & NLRB
Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Social MediaAs we wrap up a week with, go figure, more rain, we’re starting to get deep into the important part of the year: The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry. In the meantime, here are a few odds and ends you might have missed or you might be interested in surrounding the world of employment law: Giving employee’s… Continue Reading
CBA Labor & Employment Quarterly Now Out
Posted in Human Resources (HR) ComplianceWith spring just about here, it’s time for a little spring cleaning and time to catch up on some things you might have missed. Like me, you might have overlooked the Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Quarterly which was published a short while ago. If so, consider this your reminder that there are some… Continue Reading
Employment Law Articles from the CBA Labor & Employment Law Quarterly
Posted in Human Resources (HR) ComplianceThe Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section is out with their quarterly publication on various employment law articles. Among the topics this quarter: Connecticut’s Family Violence Leave Law "This isn’t discriminatory — and I’m not going to investigate it!" Retaliation? Good policy? The Definition of "Mental Disability" Under CFEPA 2010 Legislative Wrapup Hugh… Continue Reading
A Little Summer Reading: Catching Up on Various Employment Law Articles
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Social MediaAlthough many of you have come to rely on the Connecticut Employment Law Blog as your source of information on employment law, it’s always smart to look at other sources of information for a more complete picture. Within the last few weeks, several articles have been recently published that are worth a look. First, the… Continue Reading
New Second Circuit Decision Takes Some of the “Judgment” Out of the “Business Judgment Rule”, Particularly for Union-Related Matters
Posted in UncategorizedLet the politicians and the newspapers cite a new Second Circuit decision as being important for "saving jobs" in Connecticut. It makes for good press, but for employers, the decision is more important for a different reason than highlighted in the press: The Court has weakened one of the arguments that employers use to support their… Continue Reading
Social Media & Employment Law: A Seminar at the CBA Annual Meeting
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Social MediaOne week from today, I’ll be flying solo at a presentation to the Connecticut Bar Association’s Annual Meeting. Entitled "Up in the Air & In the "Cloud": Social Media & Employment Law", this session will discuss the basics of some of the major social media sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) plus preview what else is being… Continue Reading
CBA Labor & Employment Quarterly Now Online
Posted in LitigationThe Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section (led by my colleague Joshua Hawks-Ladds) has begun posting its quarterly newsletter online. I expect to see more of this as the CBA moves to a new website next month. In the meantime, you can check out the latest issue here. It features articles on: Attorneys Fees… Continue Reading
CBA Labor & Employment Law Committee Meeting with New CHRO Executive Director
Posted in CHRO & EEOCKudos to Robert Brothers, the new Executive Director of the CHRO, for agreeing to meet with the Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Committee. It is now set for February 25, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, Connecticut. Full details are available here as well as instructions on how you… Continue Reading
Informal Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part I) What’s Going On
Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and RegulationsThe Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section sponsored an informal breakfast with NLRB (Region 34) Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg earlier today to talk about various issues in the labor arena. (Also in attendance were John Cotter, Deputy Regional Director and Terri Craig, Supervisory Attorney). It was a terrific session with lots of substantive and… Continue Reading
Ricci v. DeStefano – Attorneys for Both Parties Put Their Spin on Decision & Its Impact for Employers
Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, LitigationCORRECTED LINK Over 100 people packed the Grand Courtroom of the Quinnipiac University School of Law last night to hear a panel presentation and discussion on the Ricci v. DeStefano case decided earlier this year by the United States Supreme Court. The event, sponsored, in part by the Young Lawyers Section of the Connecticut Bar Association,… Continue Reading
Connecticut Bar Association Schedules Program on “Discrimination Claims After Ricci v. DeStefano”
Posted in Discrimination & HarassmentCredit the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section with landing all the major players in the Ricci v. DeStefano case for a panel discussion on August 18, 2009 at Quinnipiac University School of Lawl. Full program details are available at the CBA’s website, including registration. The panel brings together both the attorney representing the firefighters… Continue Reading
Choosing the Fork in the Road: Second Circuit Upholds Collective Bargaining Agreement Between CHRO and its Union Mandating Employees Elect Their Remedy (Court or Arbitration)
Posted in CHRO & EEOC, LitigationIt’s always interesting when the state agency responsible for enforcing discrimination claims is sued for discrimination itself. It’s even more interesting when the agency takes a position that is opposite of the view of the EEOC. But a case decided on July 7th by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals sets up that scenario. The… Continue Reading
Becoming a Labor and Employment Law Attorney – Program by Connecticut Bar Association
Posted in Human Resources (HR) ComplianceI’ve sometimes been asked how I became a labor and employment attorney. For me, it was a bit by chance, having been assigned some of that work out of law school at my new firm. However, for those people who want more enlightenment on the subject, the Labor & Employment Committee of the Young Lawyers Section of… Continue Reading
The Legality of Personality Tests for New Hires
Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Human Resources (HR) ComplianceThe Connecticut Lawyer has an interesting article in the last month on the Legality of Personality Tests under the ADA. The article, written by Connecticut Bar Association member Joshua Hawks-Ladds, "explores the ADA’s impact on personality testing in the workplace, and discusses what type of assessment tools will withstand ADA scrutiny and when these tools can lawfully… Continue Reading
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