Are you a business confused by all the federal legislation coming out, including both FFCRA and the CARES Act? Or would you just like to hear the latest on what employers need to know now?
If so, various Fairfield County chambers of commerce are sponsoring a free webinar that should be informative for every employer
On Tuesday at noon, my colleagues and I are holding a video webinar on practical tips for employers dealing with the COVID-19 crisis now and in the near future. The program will have a national outlook but we’ll hit on a few state specific resources.
The webinar is free to register HERE, though already
From time to time, I have a conversation on this blog (titled “The Dialogue”) with Nina Pirrotti, a prominent labor & employment attorney representing employees in the New Haven area.
With all of us now working from home for the foreseeable future, Nina and I thought we’d bring back this recurring feature — with a
This morning, my firm put out an urgent alert regarding what businesses need to know about Executive Order 7H over the weekend. My department’s collective guidance is included in that alert so I recommend it highly to you all.
You can find all of our alerts here.
The following is a portion of the alert
For those that have seen the trends in France, Spain, Italy and more, it seems clear that we’re about to enter a new phase of this coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic here in Connecticut: Lockdown.
As businesses can and must plan their workplaces for worst-case scenarios, it’s important to first understand that the term lockdown isn’t entirely
Each day of late feels like a week in terms of the firehose of news pouring out each day.
On Monday came news that Italy was going on lockdown. For a month.
And Connecticut state government rolled out a series of orders that included no travel and limits on meeting sizes to 100
As Connecticut reported it’s first known COVID-19 cases over the weekend, it is becoming apparent that the time for preparation for a pandemic is starting to end, and the time for action items is beginning.
To that end, it seems that nearly every lawfirm is starting to compile answers to some frequently asked questions.
For
On Wednesday, February 26th, the CDC reported the first case of COVID-19 where the source of the chain is, as yet, unknown. That might indicate that community spread of the virus is going undetected in California.
Regardless, the CDC has warned that spread of the virus is inevitable; Connecticut joined the chorus on Wednesday preaching
With talk of a pandemic of the COVID-19 illness (coronavirus) becoming more prevalent and advice from professionals that we ought to start preparing now, I thought I’d use this new installment of the Employment Law Checklist Project (#emplawchecklist) to review Connecticut’s existing laws and how those laws might impact employers.
Connecticut has an entire section
Back in 2009, it was hard not to miss press coverage of the H1N1 virus. In fact, I wrote a series of posts about how employers could prepare for a possible pandemic while still complying with employment laws.
Flash forward to now, and press reports are coming out daily about a new (novel) coronavirus