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
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
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.
Late last week, the Connecticut Senate approved a measure that would permit an employee to take up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave from work to care for family members who may have been injured in the line of military dut
y. The bill (Senate Bill 710) is now on the House’s calendar for a
Two new sets of statistics released this month by the Connecticut Department of Labor shed some light into the workplaces in Connecticut.
First and foremost, the number of deaths in the workplace last year remained the same as in 2006 — 38. While any death is tragic, the rate is far below the national average.