Yesterday, a group of workers at some of the travel plazas in Connecticut, along with members of Local 32BJ of SEIU, rallied to protest “wage theft” and call for unionization of the employees who work there, including fast-food workers.
The issues the group is raising — at least that have been reported by the
If you’ve been playing close attention, this blog has been a bit quiet of late. Indeed, it’s probably the longest stretch between posts in the 11 years I’ve been doing this.
It’s not for lack of ideas.
Rather, after many years of spouting off (which, after all, is the underlying purpose of the blog), I
Are you one of those people who thinks two is better than one? I know I am.
So, with that in mind, I’m pleased to announce that my lawfirm, Shipman & Goodwin has launched a new labor & employment law blog called “Employment Law Letter”. The firm’s blog is an extension of the firm’s long-standing
Update: As noted below, the redesigned blog should be up at some point Tuesday, perhaps late – a new post will follow thereafter. If it’s Tuesday and you’re seeing this blog post and the old design first, it’s coming later in the day. Promise.
Every good superhero story needs an origin story. I’m not a
Hard to believe, but this week marks the ninth anniversary of the Connecticut Employment Law Blog.
I’m pretty sure that’s 72 years old in “blog” years. Or dog years. I forget which one.
Coincidentally, this week I stumbled across an old information sheet I filled out for LexBlog (my blog hosting company) in the summer
We’ve got nearly a sold-out crowd for this Friday’s joint program on Data Privacy and Noteworthy Human Resources Issues produced by my firm, Shipman & Goodwin, and the Connecticut chapter of SHRM. I’ll be moderating the morning session and also putting on one of the programs.
In my hour-long talk, I’ll touch on some
Somewhat quietly (at least to me), the Connecticut Department of Labor has issued updated guidance regarding compliance with the state’s Paid Sick Leave law.
But employers who have been following the developments in this area — namely the changes to the law by the legislature — won’t be surprised much by the minor changes that
The moment when you learn your wife has cancer gets imprinted on your brain in a hurry.
At least for me, it did.
That happened back in February of this year. I haven’t talked about it on the blog yet for several reasons including that my wife is much more private online than I am.
Jon Hyman, who runs the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, dropped a couple of posts last week on employee’s rights to, um, use the bathroom.
He started with a post on the right to a workplace bathroom and related breaks, and followed it up on whether employees have a right to be paid during
The Connecticut Appellate Court yesterday released two notable employment law decisions. They won’t become “official” until April 30, 2013, so you have some time to digest them. I’ll cover one today and leave the other for a future post (though if you’re really curious you can read it here.)
To me, the more interesting