My colleague, Chris Engler, is back today with post getting into the ins and outs of the willful misconduct standard at the Connecticut Department of Labor. Last week, we had a senior CTDOL official speak to our Labor & Employment seminar about this and other pressing topics of interest to employers.
The bottom line:
Today, I’m pleased to highlight a guest post from Steven Scheinberg, the General Counsel of the Anti-Defamation League. I’ve known Steven for several years and was very happy when he offered to share his thoughts on this important topic. Steve actually practiced at a prominent plaintiff’s employment law firm in Connecticut many years ago
The dust is still settling from the mad dash that is the end of the Connecticut General Assembly session.
I’ll have more in the upcoming days as events warrant, but here’s a quick look at a few items that I’ve been tracking in recent weeks.
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With just a few weeks left in what has turned out to be a very unpredictable legislative session in Connecticut, there are still several bills up for consideration that employers need to be on the look out for. (I’ve touched on some others earlier this month here and here.)
Employer Access to
Regardless of your political affiliation, you have to appreciate the magnitude of the moment.
Sweeping health care insurance legislation has passed Congress. (The Senate will still take up the "reconciliation" part of the bill which will make some additional modifications because the House only approved of the Senate version.)
So, now’s the
Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) is, at times, viewed by some employers as a way to control costs. (For a primer on EPLI, check out my prior posts here and here.) Why? Because employers believe that these policies will cover all of their wrongful discharge claims and the insurer will not read its policy narrowly
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
Many moons ago, I discussed the pros and cons of insuring your company against certain types of employment law claims.
Now, my law partner, Jon Orleans, provides some further specifics in the area with his article this week on employment practices liability insurance policies (EPLI). You can download the article here.
He touches on
Leave it to librarians to come up with a great new resource page for learning about Connecticut’s unemployment laws.
I can hear the chuckles now. Librarians?
Yes, librarians.
As long-time readers of the blog know, one of the best kept secret resources for attorneys and businesses are the judicial branch law libraries. They continue to serve as a
At the CBIA Annual Meeting last night, I had the pleasure of hearing a keynote address by Elizabeth Teisberg, co-author of the book: Redefining Health Care: Creating a Value-Based Competition on Results. Her presentation focused on the importance of taking a comprehensive approach to health care reform — one that controls costs, improves patient outcomes and