Over the years in the employment law “blawgosphere” (isn’t there a better term by now?), I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with and conferring with several other attorneys who blog. One of those is Jeff Nowak, whose FMLA Insights blog has become a go-to place on all
Yesterday, I learned of the passing of a friend, Robert Gulomb, the beloved husband of Livia Barndollar – the former President of the Connecticut Bar Association, and a friend and mentor as well. Robert passed away peacefully after a long illness.
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
This post is not going to discuss, in my view, the NFL’s inadequate response over the years to domestic violence incidents by players in the league. (If you want to listen to a full take down of the NFL, I recommend Slate’s The Gist podcast from yesterday.)
Rather, I want to talk today about how
So last month we talked about how an employer may, in some circumstances, need to give additional leave as an accommodation above and beyond the Family and Medical Leave Act. Today, my colleague Clarisse Thomas shows how the law in this area really is still developing. She highlights a new case that comes to
In the hours before the General Assembly’s 2014 session closed, there were a number of bills being watched by employers. I’ll have an additional recap of the session in the days ahead, but one bill that passed on Wednesday night made a number of small, but important, changes to the state’s Paid Sick Leave
You have a disabled employee out of leave for 180 days. Your policy says that employees may be terminated after the end of 180 days. So, on day 181, can you fire the employee?
Today, my colleague Christopher Parkin tackles that difficult question in a recent ADA case brought by the EEOC against a very
Are you willing to bet that your FMLA practices are in compliance with the law? One company recently found out that not all trips to Las Vegas are created equal. My colleague, Peter Murphy, has this post today that reminds employers that FMLA leave can come in all shapes and sizes. Although the case
While I take a little time off this week for the Jewish holidays, my colleague Mick Lavelle fills in with this great post about the use of paid sick leave by employees who aren’t actually sick.
When can an employee receive sick leave pay even though the absence is not due to the employee’s own
The Department of Labor today proposed new regulations of the FMLA that would explain further the military family leave provisions and incorporate some special provisions for airline flight crews.
The new proposed regulations are in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 which amended the FMLA to extend the military caregiver