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Keeping up with all the changes in the FMLA at both the state and federal level is a constant struggle. The next webinar I’ll be hosting is designed to cut through this clutter to give employers with some useful takeaways and answer some of FMLA’s thorniest questions.
The free webinar, now set for September
Last month, I discussed the topic of furloughs, which have become an attractive option to employers in lieu of layoffs.
Recently, the United States Department of Labor issued a "fact sheet" that provided additional guidance for employers to some frequently asked questions on the topic.
As the Employer Law Report said, "While the fact sheet
A few months ago, I noted that Connecticut’s Department of Labor has had a long-standing (but, until recently, little-used) wo
rk-share program under the title of the Shared Work program.
The Connecticut DOL describes it as:
a voluntary program providing an alternative to layoffs for employers faced with a temporary decline in business. Rather than
Late last week, the Connecticut House approved Senate Bill 710 (S.B. 710) which makes some important changes to the state FMLA law to bring it more in line with the fe
deral family and medical leave act rules as they relate to military caregiver leaves of absences.
Sometime last summer, Connecticut attorney Karen Lee Torre sparked a few fires with her suggestion to eliminate the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities — the organization charged with, among other duties, investigating and remedying discrimination in the workplace. (You can find my prior posts on the exchange here, here and here.)
Among employment law professionals and human resource personnel, the last year has been full of changes. Among the more technical changes are thenew COBRA Subsidy provisions that were passed with the stimulus bill earlier this year.
April 18th is a big deadline for some of the im
plementation of the provisions — providing notices to some former employees
The U.S. Department of Labor recently released notices for employers to use in conjunction with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These notices provide a good start for employers, but each of these notices will also need to be edited to fit a particular employer.
So, to what employees is this concerned with?
It’s been much too long since my last installment of "Four for…", an occasional post on some useful web resources that you might overlook in your day-to-day work.
This post focuses on four things you can find on the Department of Labor website that are particularly helpful for employers.
Writing a blog can be a lonely endeavor at times with the question of "Will anyone read this?" popping up from time to time.
And while the blog had its 400,000th (!) visitor earlier this month, it’s always nice to get some additional encouragement.
So, a tip of my hat to Above the Law
There are a lot of sleepy Connecticut basketball fans this morning, with the game against Syracuse last night (and this morning) going into SIX overtimes. Those of us staying up until nearly 1:30 a.m. to watch the second-longest game in NCAA basketball history will remember that game for a long time. 
With overtime on my mind