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How Do You Count 680 Hours? Carefully, Says New Paid Sick Leave Guidance

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Wage & Hour

Last week, I touched on a few aspects of the new Paid Sick Leave Guidance that was released by the Connecticut Department of Labor. (For prior posts, see here, here and here.) Today, I continue to discuss the guidance with a look at when service workers can start using accumulated paid sick leave. One of… Continue Reading

Marijuana is Decriminalized, But Employers Can Still Ban Workers From Using It

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

Last week, the General Assembly approved of reduced penalties for people caught with relatively small amounts of marijuana in their possession.  Notice the use in the title of the word “decriminalize”; that is a different term than “legalize”. This raises the obvious question: Can employers in Connecticut still regulate and ban employee usage of marijuana?… Continue Reading

The “Public” vs. “Private” Facebook Page: Thorny Issues for Employers

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

Are you scared of social media yet?  That seems to be the approach of newly-minted legal "experts" telling employers to be on guard for employees who use social media with the added suggestion that you can (and perhaps should) fire anyone who says anything silly or mildly inappropriate on Facebook.  If only it were that… Continue Reading

Facebook Fatigue: How Issues Over Employee Use of Social Media Have Become Mainstream

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

Another day, another story about an employee in hot water over Facebook posts.  It’s becoming so commonplace that I must admit a bit of Facebook Fatigue on the subject.  I mean, how many stories do we need about an employee who says something that they think is private on Facebook only to later discover that… Continue Reading