If you’re calling the federal courts today (Friday), odds are you may not get someone. Yesterday, President Biden signed a bill making it law that Juneteenth (which is a Saturday) is now a federal holiday. The day commemorates the end of slavery in the United States when Union general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and
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Expanding Employee Free Speech Rights: How Bad Is the Court’s Decision for Employers?
By Daniel Schwartz on
In yesterday’s post, I alerted you to a new Connecticut Supreme Court decision (Trusz v. UBS Realty Investors, LLC) that expanded employee free speech rights under the Connecticut Constitution.
But I wanted some time to think about the answer to the following question: How much did the court expand it?
And to…
A Witness To Civil Rights History; A Reflection on Our Employment Laws
By Daniel Schwartz on
Posted in Laws and Regulations
Over the last few days, I’ve had the great fortune of attending the American Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting, where I serve as a delegate from Connecticut in the House of Delegates — the organization’s main policy-making branch.
(You can see all my tweets from the meeting at twitter.com/danielschwartz).
Earlier this morning…