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Family Violence Victims Officially Get New Workplace Protections on Friday

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

Each year, the Connecticut General Assembly passes a number of laws. Rather than have them enacted immediately upon the governor’s signature, many of the bills become effective on October 1st of that respective year. I followed several workplace bills earlier this year but most never made it very far. One bill did and it gives new… Continue Reading

Workplace Violence: Are There Really Any “Lessons” to be Learned From Evil?

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

For those living in Connecticut, the Connecticut Lottery shootings of over a decade ago are still a vivid reminder of how quickly a tragedy can visit a workplace.  On the 10th anniversary of that horrible day, I wrote a piece about how that incident really awakened Connecticut employers to the need to think about workplace… Continue Reading

Kentucky Shooting a Reminder to Employers to Remain On Guard for Workplace Violence

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

Today’s shooting at a Kentucky plastics plant that killed five people is yet another reminder that employers need to continue to be vigilant in preventing workplace violence. This year marked the 10-year-anniversary of one of the most infamous workplace violence incidents in Connecticut — the shooting at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters.   As I indicated in a… Continue Reading