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
The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) has released proposed new regulations that would require state agencies and the like to create an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan.
These regulations would not apply to private employers so many of you can dispense with the worrying.
The proposed regulations will replace the current ones. The
As expected, the United States Department of Labor today released its proposed changes to the companionship and live-in worker regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. What was unknown was how significant the proposed changes would be.
The short answer: Pretty significant. The regulations substantially limit the companionship exemption under wage & hour laws to
This morning, I appeared on Ray Dunaway’s show on WTIC radio (1080 AM) to discuss the NLRB’s new proposed rules on union representation elections. (A link will be available when it is posted online.)
Of course, in 5 minutes, there wasn’t much time to
With winter’s fierce grip on us continuing, there’s nothing like a warm dish to make the outside chill melt away. Certainly, there will be a few of us having some chili this weekend to watch football.
So, a few weeks into the new legislative session, it’s time to see what’s cooking at the Connecticut General
Earlier this week, I offered some initial thoughts about the new GINA regulations that will become effective in January 2011. After time this week to digest the regulations and review the analysis of others, here is the bottom line for employers in Connecticut.
The final regulations of GINA were released today — nearly 18 months after the proposed regulations were first released. You can download a copy of the regulations here. The actual text starts at about page 75.
As I’ve said earlier, however, employers in Connecticut should be wary about just following GINA however. Connecticut
Nearly a week after voting to approve proposed regulations implementing the ADA Amendments Act, the actual text of the proposed regulations is finally trickling out on the internet. You can download a copy here. (Thanks to HRHero for posting them.)
At 93 pages long, there’s a lot to digest. I’ll have a more
The Connecticut General Assembly is in full swing with a wide assortment of labor & employment law bills and concepts being introduced this month — many simply a rehash of bills that were introduced last year and never went anywhere. You can find a full list of the bills before the Labor & Public Employees