The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently clarified the transportation worker exemption under § 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The court addressed whether contracts signed by individual delivery drivers, even when they work through their own corporations, count as “contracts of employment” that are exempt from mandatory arbitration. In this instance, the court
My colleague, Gary Starr, returns this morning with a post on a recent case that has implications for employers nationwide.
You wouldn’t think that fingerprinting would be brought into the world of religious accommodations.
After all, the importance of background checks cannot be denied, particularly when the prospective employee is going to work with children
Today is the last day of the Connecticut General Assembly regular session. So it’s a good time to take a look at some of the bills pending or passed. Strangely, things seem pretty quiet on the employment law front. But after the dust settles, I’ll have another update. Here is where we stand as of
There’s been lots of talk of late of how employers are finding various ways to help employees reduce the costs of commuting. In other states, there has even been talk of shifting to four-day workweeks or telecommuting.
Connecticut has long since adopted a telecommuting plan and policy. But an article in this week’s Hartford