Update: Late yesterday afternoon, the NLRB officially delayed implementation of the rule. No new date has been set. The NLRB developments keep coming fast and furious. This morning, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling essentially blocking the NRLB from going forward with its new poster requirements for employers on April 30, 2012. You… Continue Reading
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So Much for the Mandatory NLRB Posters? Not Quite
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLBUpdate: On April 17, 2012, the NLRB announced an indefinite postponement of the rule. See updated post here. Just when you thought things were settled, a federal court in South Carolina late Friday ruled that the NLRB overstepped its authority when it set forth rules requiring employers to post notices about federal labor laws. Which is great… Continue Reading
Three Weeks Until NLRB Posting Rule Takes Effect
Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and RegulationsUpdate: The NLRB has announced an indefinite postponement of the rules. See this updated post here. Another month has passed, and we are now ever closer to the effective date of the NLRB’s new posting rules. Thus far, many of the legal challenges to the proposed rule have been ineffective, as the Employer Law Report… Continue Reading
Waiting for the Dust To Settle on New NLRB Posting Requirement
Posted in Labor Law & NRLBA lot of people have been writing about a recent court ruling that upheld significant portions of a new NLRB-promulgated poster that will get put up on a wall in some common area. I’ve been reluctant to write about it because, as I mentioned back in the fall, things continue to change on this particular… Continue Reading
“Linsanity” for Employers to Fail to Post Required Notices
Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Manager & HR Pro’s Resource Center, Wage & HourEmployers in Connecticut (and other states) have a whole host of notices that must go up in a common meeting area for employees to see. But what happens when an employer forgets to do the postings, or, worse, purposely avoids putting those posters up? A recent federal case in Connecticut addresses that question with important… Continue Reading
And Yet Another Requirement for Employers: New Labor Law Posters on January 31, 2012
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLBThe Hartford Office of the National Labor Relations Board has a message for employers: There are new posting requirements coming and nearly all employers — not just those who are unionized — need to be aware of them. Why? Because they are effective in just six weeks: January 31, 2012. Here are some highlights for… Continue Reading
Spanish-Language Version of Paid Sick Leave Poster Released
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Manager & HR Pro’s Resource Center, Wage & HourOne of the unique features of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave law is the requirement that employers post information about the law in both English and Spanish. At the time the law was passed, I openly questioned how employers were to accomplish this and suggested that the Connecticut Department of Labor consider publishing such a notice… Continue Reading
BREAKING: Connecticut DOL Issues Guidance and Poster on Paid Sick Leave
Posted in Featured, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Wage & HourThe Connecticut Department of Labor has issued its long-awaited guidance this morning on the new Paid Leave Law that becomes effective on January 1, 2012. You can download the CTDOL’s guidance here. My cursory review of the guidance indicates that it answers some questions that have been floating out there — albeit in ways that… Continue Reading
NLRB Postpones Mandatory Posters for Employers Until January 2012
Posted in Labor Law & NRLBThe National Labor Relations Board today announced that it has postponed the start date for its new notice-posting rule until January 31, 2012. (I previously covered the new rule in a prior post here.) In a press release, it indicated that it did so to allow for “enhanced education and outreach to employers, particularly those… Continue Reading
New “Discrimination is Illegal” Poster Ready for Download
Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Manager & HR Pro’s Resource CenterEmployers in Connecticut should be familiar with the “Discrimination is Illegal” poster put out by the CHRO that should put up on bulletin boards in a common area. With new laws taking effect, October 1, 2011, the agency has released a new poster for printout and posting. The most significant change to the poster is… Continue Reading
Get Your New NLRB Posting From…The NLRB
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and RegulationsEarlier this month, I told you that effective November 14th, the NLRB is requiring yet another posting for your workplace. The posting will, in some ways, look familiar to employers that have had unions; similar postings may go up around elections or other union-related issues. But this new poster is different in some ways because… Continue Reading
NLRB Shifts Workplace Landscape, As Expected; New Posters Required Soon
Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and RegulationsAs I mentioned last week (when in Connecticut, we were focused on Irene), the NLRB has been busy in August issuing new rules and new rulings. Some people are expressing surprise at the shift seen in these rules and disgust that prior NLRB rules are effectively being overturned. But none of this should be surprising… Continue Reading
New I-9 and FMLA Forms Now Available – Use the New Year to Update Your Paperwork
Posted in Human Resources (HR) ComplianceFile this under "mundane" but necessary. Two sets of new forms (and a poster) have been released by the U.S. Government for use by HR professionals and companies in two very different circumstances. First, the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) has issued a new rule with that revises Form I-9 and the list of documents… Continue Reading
Employers That Provide Health Insurance Must Post State-Mandated Poster
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and RegulationsRecently, a colleague received an e-mail that suggested that all employers must post information that "lists employee’s rights to health insurance under Connecticut Law." When I heard about it, something didn’t seem right. After all, since when do employees have a right to health insurance in Connecticut (and, isn’t that a heated topic of the… Continue Reading
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