While there are hundreds (and some days, thousands!) of you readers out there each day who find this blog via the internet or RSS feeds, there are many that have signed up via e-mail.
However, due to a glitch, it’s come to my attention that those e-mails have not been sent out recently (and perhaps for much longer than recently). Thankfully, all that will
As I reported on Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor has released final regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The regulations (which you can dowload here) become effective on January 16, 2009. At 750 pages, you need a book just to summarize the changes (and I’m sure one of the
Earlier this year, a case out of New Haven caused quite a stir at the Second Circuit when it addressed (or, as some people believe, failed to address) a reverse d
iscrimination case.
Now, word comes that the firefighters who lost the case are seeking to have the U.S. Supreme Court decide the issue by
It has been several months since my last update on the matters involving former state Ethics Chief Alan Plofsky and the strange case of the lawyer who penned an an
onymous letter complaining of Mr. Plofsky. (For background on the matters, you can find my prior posts here.)
The developments have been slow to
Following up on my earlier post about Monday’s official release of the new FMLA regulations, the regulations are now available electronically a few days before.
You can download a copy here (though you are forewarned that it is over 700 pages long — about 2 MB).
A cursory review of the document shows that the first 550
The Associated Press (through this The Hartford Business Journal article) is reporting that the final revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act regulations are to be released on Monday (November 17th), and will include new rules defining how families of wounded service members will be able to take unpaid leave to care for them.
Among the other changes
A fascinating article yesterday in Law.com entitled "Are Social Networking Sites Discoverable?" is well-worth a read to any company involved in litigating against former or even current employees.
While the authors write in the context of a product liability case, the premise and subject is equally applicable to claims involving employees as well as the
Here’s a quick update on some items and topics that have been covered by the blog over the past year:
Goin’ to the chapel and we’re Gonna get married
—– "The Chapel of Love", by the Dixie Cups
Today (November 12th) is the day that many lesbian and gay couples will indeed be going to the chapel (or town clerk’s offices, or other places); it’s the day that they can get officially married.
Last Veteran’s Day, I posted about some of the laws that cover how employers must deal with veterans (and reserves) in the workplace. (The Delaware Employment Law Blog has a nice post this morning about some of the other programs out there that relate to veterans in the workplace.)
But one of my colleagues