Vacations — if you’re lucky — can sometimes allow you to think.
Or in my case, read a book AND think.
And so, while at the beach last week, I pulled out my Kindle and read “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”. The book tracks the friendships of two video game developers and their college friend
Over at our sister blog, Employment Law Letter, my colleague Sarah Niemiroski and I have a recap of the important new Supreme Court case. No, not the affirmative action one (we’ll get to that in another post) but the one on religious accommodation, Groff v. DeJoy.
The gist of the decision is that employers
The EEOC released updated technical guidance on COVID and Long COVID, essentially putting to a close to the many times this guidance has been updated.
While there are many tweaks to the guidance, most of the changes reflect the end of the public health emergency. The EEOC has noted that
As I continue to take some time off, I thought I’d bring up this post from 2011 discussing both holidays which often overlap. Happy Passover and Easter to all who celebrate.
With Passover and Easter coming up this week, it seems timely to revisit the laws regarding religious discrimination and accommodation.
Fortunately for you (and
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
On November 1 at 9 a.m., I’ll be making a return appearance to WNPR’s award-winning Where We Live show. You can listen live or download it as a podcast.
Tomorrow’s topic is one that we never would’ve dreamed of years ago — Long COVID.
Long COVID is the term that the CDC uses to
Engaging in the interactive process is an important — and sometimes overlooked — part of an employer’s response to a request for a reasonable accommodation under state and federal law.
I talked about this way back in 2008 (!) when the state Supreme Court released it’s landmark Curry v. Allen S. Goodman decision expanding the
The General Assembly early today gave final approval to a bill that will legalize marijuana/cannabis use in Connecticut.
It is a massive shift and the bill legalizing it is massive too. (Heck, the summary of the bill is 184 pages!)
The bill creates a whole new set of rules for employers — most of which
Just a few more days until the General Assembly wraps up for the current year. With the end upon us, employers need to stay up on the bills — some of which get lots of press, some of which don’t.
One of the bills that has been passed over the last few days — and
With vaccines rolling out to employees 55 and older on March 1, 2021, employers that thought they may face issues in a few months, now will be front and center for those considerations.
How do you deal with risks and litigation concerns?
My colleagues, Jill O’Toole and Sarah Niemiroski, and I have prepared a quick