Twas the day before the night before Christmas
And all thru the law office
Not a creature was stirring
Except the employment lawyers reading the new Congressional Omnibus spending bill and looking for the employment law provisions tucked neatly inside.
In a parting gift for employers and employees, Congress passed a broad spending bill on
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Credit Molly DiBianca at Delaware Employment Law Blog and Fitzpatrick on Employment Law for highlighting a little-known provision that was passed in the health care law. As summarized by Molly:
Section 4207, titled, Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Because it is born to the FLSA, its
Continuing the summer series on the basics of some employment laws in Connecticut, we turn this week to laws regarding working conditions.
Indeed, while the anti-discrimination laws and FMLA laws get all the press, there are a whole host of other laws that regulate the workplace conditions. These are no less important and ignoring this
Over the last few days, the mainstream press and blogosphere have been abuzz over the Harvard Medical School student and new mother who asked for extra time during her licensing exam to express her breast milk. Ultimately, a Massachusetts court denied Sophie Currier’s request of the National Board of Medical Examiners for the time.
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