Earlier today, the U.S. withdrew the last troops stationed in Afghanistan, bringing a close to a 20 year war there.
The war has had a substantial impact in America’s workplaces over the years. For example, back in 2008, after years of inaction, Congress passed a sweeping expansion of the federal FMLA law to provide for
Back at the start of 2020, I declined to do my usual prognosticating for the year ahead.
That was probably wise given the events of the year.
Instead, I quoted a post I did ten years earlier:
For employers, there will always been the next case or new law that will need to be tracked
Back in October, I provided a preliminary assessment of what a COVID-19 vaccine might mean for employers. But as I noted back then, the EEOC’s guidance was not yet updated.
Now, the EEOC has finally provided an update of sorts for employers.
In doing so, the new guidance makes plain what many of us suspected
Last week, I covered some of the basics to think about as the coronavirus continues to spread. Jon Hyman has a post today about whether the ADA might apply to the situation.
But in Connecticut, there’s another case that employers ought to be thinking about now. It dates back to the first Gulf War in
Earlier this week, as I peeked up from my bed covers, I heard the lovely, comforting sound I heard when I was a kid.
“Come on Down!”
“The Price is Right” was starting.
Sure, Bob Barker is no longer the host, but I didn’t care.
At that moment, when my stomach was churning and the
The title of the post is a bit misleading because the answer to the question is, at this point, unanswerable.
In what ways do we measure success under Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave law? The number of employees who have used it? The people who didn’t get sick as a result? The overall flu rate?
Of
Continuing our weekly series of basic laws of the workplace, this week will focus on the injuries at the workplace.
In 2008, there were over 67,000 injuries reported at the workplace (with 34 fatalities). Thus, at some point or another, odds are that one of your employees will get injured.
While there are whole books
Today is the final day of the General Assembly and the Paid Sick Leave proposal (S.B. 217) is expected to come before the House before the close of business. But, perhaps in a sign that it is doomed to die a procedural death, it has drawn nearly 25 proposed amendments. 
Late Thursday night, the State Senate passed the Paid Sick Leave bill (S.B. 217) with various amendments including an exemption for some existing collective bargaining agreements. The vote was a close one — 20-16 — and you can find the roll call here.
The bill would make Connecticut the first state to require employers of 50