Wednesday felt like a breaking point. The day when COVID-19 seemed to come out from under your office desk and said “You’re surrounded. Go home.”
NBA – Suspending its season indefinitely.
Schools in Fairfield County – Closed with the likelihood that more schools will follow soon.
Tom Hanks – Another COVID-19 victim.
Of course, this
Like many of you, I long for vacations. I like to plan them out in advance and then spend the intervening weeks and months plotting and scheming.
What restaurants and new foods should we try? What attractions should we try to visit? And while that private tour my Facebook friend recommended sounds neat and all,
I’d much rather write about a legal topic than a personal one, but before I talk about the logistics of handling an employee who has exhausted their paid time off, I wanted to share a brief personal update.
Last November, I shared with you my wife’s diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Because she is
Last week was the first time in the seven year history of this blog that no blog posts were uploaded. Why?
Vacation.
It’s been a long cold winter and my wife and I were able to corral our kids for some much needed warm-weather rest and relaxation — after a very challenging year.
As it
Five years ago during summer, I posted a series of questions for employers to think about during the summer season. I figured it was time to take a look back at them and update them.
Vacations/Paid Time Off — Vacations are a common part of the summer season. Some companies use “Paid Time Off”, while
So, four months in, how is Connecticut Paid Sick Leave (PSL) working out? Well, for towns, not so well as this recent article pointed out.
But as Connecticut employers start running through the issues, some novel and unforseen issues keep popping up. I’ll address
Yesterday, I discussed the carryover rule that requires employers to allow service workers to carry over up to five days of paid sick leave each year.
But a loyal blog reader posed the following question to me: Suppose you are
We continue with our series of posts (see prior posts here, here, here, and here) on the new Paid Sick Leave Guidance issued by the Connecticut Department of Labor earlier this month. Today’s post focuses on the “carryover” rules.
Another issue that the Paid Sick Leave addresses is the “carryover” rules —
Power is still out to big parts of the state, but here in Hartford, power is on and life continues. And so must the blog…
Back in June, when the Connecticut General Assembly approved of the paid sick leave bill, I was quick to note that the retaliation provisions in the bill seemed to apply