Since the odds of any significant federal legislation coming down the pike rest somewhere between zero and zero, we have to look to state legislatures and local entities for “excitement”.
And for Connecticut employers, it’s time to anxiously await the developments from the General Assembly.
But down I-95 (or I-84, if you’re near Danbury), there
Today, I bring back one of my favorite recurring features – my conversations with employee-side attorney Nina Pirrotti.
As we’ve moved our conversations (“The Dialogue”) from written to virtual format, we still find the effects on employment law by the pandemic to be wide-ranging. While vaccinations are welcome, the move to remote work has created
I don’t often let you peek behind the curtain of the Connecticut Employment Law Blog. After all, the focus (for 13+ years!) has always been on “new and noteworthy developments” in employment law for Connecticut businesses.
But as we approach Thanksgiving and, well, because these are anything but unusual times, I wanted to share a
Last week, I had the opportunity to listen in on an informative CLE program sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute on video mediation. I’ve already participated in several of these mediations and have started incorporating them into the mediations that I do for other attorneys.
The term “video mediation” is still a work in progress.
The last time that I spoke with Plaintiff’s attorney Nina Pirrotti, the pandemic was just beginning and we were just getting used to our home offices. Now, 10 weeks later, the abnormal has become normal. My business attire has gotten a bit more casual and my office a bit more organized.
But it seemed a
As we head into the weekend and look to unwind from another difficult week, it’s time to discuss another (not-quite-as) serious issue as the pandemic.
I used to think that Katherine Hepburn was the most famous performer from Connecticut.
However, my teenager tells me during this Stay-at-Home period that I’m wrong: It is Charli D’Amelio.
Here’s a hypothetical: A observant Jewish worker who is a recent leg amputee comes to you seeking an “accommodation”. She works on the candy wrapping line that requires constant supervision and is staffed by only one or two people typically. She seeks to leave her shift 4 hours early on Fridays to observe the Jewish
You might wonder why certain employers aren’t unionized. There are many factors, of course, but one of them is a keen awareness by the employer of the risks that are out there.
Target is one of those employers.
Earlier this week, Gawker acquired one of the videos that Target uses to educate its workforce on
At the Connecticut Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, NLRB Boston Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg gave a thorough update on the agenda of the federal agency.
While most of the discussion focused on the latest pronouncements of social media, during my presentation on Vine and other photo/video social media sites, he also mentioned something that hasn’t often
As I continue to look back at five years of blogging, I’m still amazed at what happened on October 7, 2008.
But before we get to October, the story starts back in late August 2008 when I was guest blogging over at Overlawyered.com — one of the oldest law blogs around. I posted a story