A new decision out of the District of Connecticut is a timely reminder for employers that clear, consistently applied attendance policies can carry the day—even when a supervisor has made awkward comments that later become part of the lawsuit.
In Ward v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, Judge Victor A. Bolden granted summary judgment to Amazon
When blogs first came out, the author might put out a proverbial “Gone Fishing” message to let readers know that they’ve gone on vacation. But with the rise of scams, some of us (ahem) just announce vacations AFTER we already had them.
While I was away, I ended up pondering a few employment law issues
Judging by the rush of calls and e-mails the last few weeks, many employers are finally understanding the scope of the state’s revised Paid Sick Leave law. But before you go off and go skiing (and find yourself face to face with a dog as I did a few years back), there’s still work to
With Paid Sick Leave coming to Connecticut on January 1, 2025, the CTDOL (and, ahem, some lawyers) have been fielding lots of questions from employers and employees about the new law.
As a result, the department has decided to issue two sets of documents that should be of significant help to employers (and their
Connecticut’s updated Paid Sick Leave becomes effective January 1, 2025 and now is the time for most employers to update their policies and procedures. I’ve previously written about it here so I thought for this article, I’d focus on the key aspects of what employers need to know right now.
Here are the key points:
As I discussed in prior posts (here), the Senate on Monday approved a bill that will greatly expand the paid sick day law to large and small employers alike. Since it was previously approved by the House, it now goes to the Governor for his signature; he has previously indicated his willingness to
Vacations — if you’re lucky — can sometimes allow you to think.
Or in my case, read a book AND think.
And so, while at the beach last week, I pulled out my Kindle and read “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”. The book tracks the friendships of two video game developers and their college friend
One month to go in the legislative session. So there are lots of bills that are technically “under consideration”.
But let’s face it: Only a small portion of them will receive enough votes to pass the legislature. With a filibuster in play, only those bills that can garner some bi-partisan support are likely to be
With vacation time upon us, I’m rerunning some older posts that you might’ve missed. And since we’re thinking about vacation, here was one post where I did a deeper dive into it.
It’s time to talk vacations. Notably, no Connecticut statute mandates employers provide vacation time to employees but employers are required to at least
Sure, I could talk about the new legislation pending at the General Assembly but until we get an actual vote (instead of just committee), we’re still in speculation territory. (The CBIA has an update here.)
And sure, I could talk more about the NLRB’s aggressive decision to try to invalidate most confidentiality and