It’s back to school time so inevitably, the national press is reporting on a so-called trend of employers trying to coerce, cajole, encourage employees to come back to the office.
In some industries and locations, it is working. But in Connecticut, it’s more of a mixed bag.
Indeed, I commented about this in
As to the workplace and the pandemic, what now? It’s a question I’ve posed before, but each time, there’s something new on the horizon.
There a lot of uncertainty. Adding to the uncertainty, is the near certainty that the Delta variant will start making more of an impact in this area.
Already, we are seeing
Over the weekend, I became one of an ever-growing club: The Fully Vaccinated. (A lucky extra dose at a pharmacy was my early miracle.)
By early May, there will many millions more.
What then?
I posted on Twitter over the weekend that being fully vaccinated right now is a strange world that is causing the
Last week, along with my colleagues Lisa Zana and Robert Grady, I presented to the Association of Corporate Counsel group from Westchester County and Southern Connecticut on Returning to the Office.
Of course, it’s still premature. The COVID-19 cases in Connecticut and New York are among the highest in the nation. While vaccinations continue to
Yesterday, Governor Lamont announced a major series of rollbacks of COVID-19-related restrictions for businesses. We’re still getting all the details, but for employers, the key thing to understand first with all the rollbacks is that certain things are not being rolled back.
Thanksgiving is now in the rear view mirror. Just a month to go until we turn the page to 2021.
But before that happens, there are a few things left to check off your to do list for 2020.
Let’s get to it.
What do you think of masks?
Strangely, it seems a loaded question of late. How masks became a political hot potato is something that historians will debate.
Yesterday, Connecticut tried out a new slogan encouraging common-sense use of masks. The new slogan? “If you have to ask, wear a mask”.
But that’s not the full
Memorial Day Weekend, in addition to a time of reflection and observance, is also a time when many of us look at our summer plans and figure out the next three months.
But like many of you, our summer plans have been cancelled. Kids aren’t going to camp. We’re not going on a trip. Even
“Let’s engage in a Halloween-type party where everybody would be having sex.”
Or perhaps, “So, are you going to wear a bikini for your Halloween costume?”
What is it about Halloween that brings out the creep factor in the workplace?
The first quote is from a real district court case earlier this year which documented
So, you remember February 2009, right?
We were all aflutter over Liam Neeson in Taken (ok, I still haven’t seen it). And we were listening to “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson (still a good song.)
And I had a Blackberry Bold and loved it. (I know; even lawyers can plead temporary