Where are the clusters of COVID-19 coming from?
That was the subject of a state report that was recently reported on by The Hartford Courant.
When a team of Connecticut officials traced 84 coronavirus clusters to their origin points, they found that the vast majority of those clusters stemmed from four places: restaurants, workplaces, homes
It’s supposed to snow Friday here in Connecticut.
In October.
For those of us with memories, we all remember the last time we got substantial snowfall in October in 2011. It ended with lots of power outages and many downed trees. So let’s first hope the snow is just more nuisance than anything else.
Far
We are still several months away from a vaccine for COVID-19, and probably still even further away from one that will be readily available to the general population.
But I’ve already heard grumblings from employers wondering — can I compel employees to get a vaccine when one is available for the coronavirus?
It’s a
You may recall a few weeks back that a federal court struck down portions of the USDOL regulations interpreting the Famlies First Coronavirus Response Act.
The open question at the time: What would the DOL do?
Late Friday, we got our answer — revised regulations designed to overcome the judicial concerns or, challenge the
What a mess.
And I’m not just talking about the cleanup from Tropical Storm Isaias. Hasn’t been much fun without power, internet or reliable cell service. (I hope everyone is staying safe and gets power soon — my town’s projection was 5-7 days!)
Heck, it’s been tough to even do a blog post about a
We made it halfway through 2020.
I know it FEELS as if it should be December, but just think how long March was!
A lot has changed since the start of the pandemic. But over the last few weeks, I’ve been hearing from employers wondering where things stand right now. What’s changed? What still
A few weeks ago, I did an inital post about how the new OSHA guidance on masks only served to complicate efforts for employers to comply with any such rules.
This week, my colleague Alfredo Fernandez (with only a little help from me — byline notwithstanding) posted a more thorough post on the ins and
Can I test my employees for COVID-19?
Over the course of the last few months, it feels like the answer to that question has been Yes, No, and It Depends. And maybe all three at the same time.
In fact, if you look at my post from April 2020, you’ll see the differences in the
What do you think of masks?
Strangely, it seems a loaded question of late. How masks became a political hot potato is something that historians will debate.
Yesterday, Connecticut tried out a new slogan encouraging common-sense use of masks. The new slogan? “If you have to ask, wear a mask”.
But that’s not the full
One of the items I talk about in a sexual harassment prevention training is that people’s perception of what sexual harassment is, may differ from how a court defines it.
Suppose I told you that the owner of a small company that you worked at and reported to made inappropriate comments in discussing the size