Wrapping up my look back this shortened week at some “Basics” posts, here’s a reminder of the obligations employers have to conduct sexual harassment prevention trainings. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and thanks for your continued readership.
With every new law that gets passed, it’s easy to overlook the existing requirements that employers must follow.
After
Employers, it’s time to tune up on your Spanish.
Buried in the new bill on Paid Sick Leave is a section that suggests to employers in Connecticut that a posting should be written in both English and Spanish.
First the context: Senate Bill 913 says that
It’s been much too long since my last installment of "Four for…", an occasional post on some useful web resources that you might overlook in your day-to-day work.
This post focuses on four things you can find on the Department of Labor website that are particularly helpful for employers.
A while back, I wrote about a Connecticut law that requires employers to post about the services of the Office of Healthcare Advocate and about one company that sells such a poster, Progressive Business Compliance.
But the question is often asked, are these workplace posters that available for sale by companies like PBC, useful and worthwhile to
Last month, I broke the story about a company that was selling various employment law posters online, and the Connecticut government’s response to the posters. A post recapping all events with links to all prior posts is located here.
One poster, in particular, dealt with a "Healthcare Advocate" poster. 
At that time, the company’s
With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 (NDAA) earlier this week, the new amendments to the FMLA for care of military members are now effective immediately. For a full text of the FMLA, with the new amendments, the Department of Labor has posted it here.
For a refresher to my
The headlines of the week nationally have certainly surrounded sexual harassment allegations both old and new. (Note: Due to my firm’s involvement in one of those cases, I will not be blogging on it).
But with the issue back in the forefront, I’ve been surprised lately in my discussions by how some small to