The Connecticut Appellate Court has an interesting case coming out officially early next week about an employer’s obligations to provide leave as a “reasonable accommodation”. You can download Barbabosa v. Board of Education here.
In it, the Court concludes that when attendance is an essential function of the job (as it will be for most
In my prior post, I wondered aloud whether there were some rough waters ahead for employers. Apple recently announced that it would not meet it’s earnings estimates in the first quarter of 2019, in part because of soft demand from China. Other companies are expected to announce some similar issues.
Honestly, I’ve had enough conversations
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
On October 1, the rollout of major changes to the state’s Personnel Files Act becomes official.
If I had to hazard a guess, however, I’d say that many small to mid-size companies remain unprepared for the breadth and scope of the changes. If you haven’t focused on it yet, you’ve got a weekend to catch
At the core of every employment relationship is the expectation that the employee will perform the job satisfactorily.
But what happens to those performance expectations when an employee has a disability?
As the federal government has acknowledged, The Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits “employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities, generally do[es] not
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In my presentation last week to the HRA of Greater New Haven (which i discussed yesterday), the hottest topic that people wanted to discuss was LinkedIn Recommendations.
People had several questions:
Earlier this month, a National Law Journal article suggested that LinkedIn recommendations are a potential "legal land mine" for employers.
Indeed, the article suggests that "management-side lawyers are warning employers about the hidden dangers of LinkedIn, the popular business networking site that posts recommendations for job candidates. Specifically, attorneys are advising emplo
yers to be
With the holiday weekend now firmly behind us (and hopefully the wet weather and storms behind us too), it seems like a good time to recap some items you might have missed over the last few weeks in employment law.
As is typical for December, everyone is starting to wrap up for year end and the amount of substantive items to report on slows to a trickle. Thus, it’s time for some short items on a variety of employment law and HR-related topics.
Here’s a quick update on some items and topics that have been covered by the blog over the past year: