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The Bottom Line on GINA: Employers Need to Engage “Safe Harbor” Provisions

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

Earlier this week, I offered some initial thoughts about the new GINA regulations that will become effective in January 2011. After time this week to digest the regulations and review the analysis of others, here is the bottom line for employers in Connecticut. These regulations — as with GINA itself — apply only to employers with 15… Continue Reading

Final GINA Regulations Published: Impact in Connecticut Still Unclear

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

The final regulations of GINA were released today — nearly 18 months after the proposed regulations were first released.    You can download a copy of the regulations here. The actual text starts at about page 75.  As I’ve said earlier, however, employers in Connecticut should be wary about just following GINA however. Connecticut has… Continue Reading

New Final FMLA Regulations (Effective January 16, 2009) Now Available Electronically

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

Following up on my earlier post about Monday’s official release of the new FMLA regulations, the regulations are now available electronically a few days before. You can download a copy here (though you are forewarned that it is over 700 pages long — about 2 MB).  A cursory review of the document shows that the first 550… Continue Reading