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Veteran’s Day – Should It Be a National Holiday?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Last Veteran’s Day, I posted about some of the laws that cover how employers must deal with veterans (and reserves) in the workplace.  (The Delaware Employment Law Blog has a nice post this morning about some of the other programs out there that relate to veterans in the workplace.) But one of my colleagues raised… Continue Reading

Columbus Day Holiday – Why am I working?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

Today is Columbus Day in Connecticut. Actually, Columbus Day is officially on October 12th (celebrating Columbus arrival on October 12, 1492), but it is celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October as a result of a federal law, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 6103. Besides being a federal holiday, its a state holiday too.  So, if you… Continue Reading