Less than two weeks away until I join my ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law friends at the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Midwinter Meeting in Nashville.
There are so many great programs planned, but I’m looking forward to a panel I’m on regarding “Bostock, Executive Orders and the Evolving Framework for Gender Identity Discrimination”.
Besides
Employment law attorneys and HR professionals (and the businesses we help to support) often focus on workplace policies, harassment prevention, and wage compliance. But with Law Day upon us on May 1st, sometimes it’s worth stepping back to examine the broader legal principles — principles that ultimately affect the environment in which all businesses operate.
Continuing my series of posts arising from the ABA Labor & Employment Conference earlier this month, one of the most interesting programs I attended was a plenary session on neurodiversity in the workplace.
“Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways; there is no one
I recently was able to attend the American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section Annual Conference — this time in Seattle. It’s a conference I’ve posted about many times before.
There were several good programs that were held which I hope to write about in upcoming posts. One of them covered the topic of
As citizens, it’s hard not to feel that some of the underpinnings of democracy have been under a lot of pressure these last few years. No doubt you’ve heard from employees about these issues. It may also be leading to increased conflict within the workplace.
Which is why one of the projects the American Bar
Last week, I attended the ABA Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference — something I’ve written about on this blog pre-pandemic (remember when?).
There were many good programs and I’ll try to talk about some of the other topics in an upcoming blog post or two.
However, one topic that I was interested in
Back in January 2020, I was one of the first legal bloggers to highlight the risks of a new coronavirus and asking the question: What if it spreads. Over the next several weeks, I started to raise the alarm — so much so that my friend Kate called me out for being a “doomsday lawyer”.
Everyone needs a break from employment law every now and then. For some lawyers like me, getting involved in various organizations is one way to do something other than appear in a courtroom.
(If you don’t need a break, check out this article in Monday’s Hartford Business Journal about employers and vaccine mandates where I’m
Like a lot of people, I’ve got the summer bug and, given the choice between a walk outside and a blog post — well, you can figure out what has been winning.
But I’ve got a few posts lined back up the next few weeks. In the interim, I want to share with you one
Last week, I had the opportunity to again represent Connecticut as the State Delegate for the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates at the Vancouver ABA Midyear Meeting.
Among the resolutions debated was Resolution 302 which “urges all employers, and specifically all employers in the legal profession, to adopt and enforce policies and procedures that