For HR professionals and employment lawyers, the basics of FMLA and ADA is an oft-covered topic in law firm webinars.
But I’ve heard from plenty of people that they’re good with the basics; it’s the tricky issues that give them headaches.
With the acknowledgement that one person’s difficult question may be another person’s easy one
As I continue to highlight some important employment law developments from this summer, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) caused a mild stir for employment law lawyers when it issued a decision in Stericycle, Inc.
This ruling introduces a fresh legal standard for assessing employers’ workplace policies and rules, with far-reaching implications for businesses
In prior posts, I’ve talked about the difficulty for employers in getting a motion for summary judgment granted in state court in discrimination cases.
(Motions for summary judgment are procedural tools that can be used when there are no disputed issues of material fact and therefore the court can decide the case on law
If you’re like me, you’re already sick of all the rain and thunderstorms this summer in Connecticut. (And no, it’s not your imagination — we’re seeing record levels of rain.)
Weather is a topic that gets talked about a lot, but not necessarily thought about when it comes to the workplace.
However, as I’ve
Over at our sister blog, Employment Law Letter, my colleague Sarah Niemiroski and I have a recap of the important new Supreme Court case. No, not the affirmative action one (we’ll get to that in another post) but the one on religious accommodation, Groff v. DeJoy.
The gist of the decision is that employers
While all eyes are on the General Assembly for the developments for this year, we’re still dealing with a law passed several years ago raising the minimum wage.
Effective June 1, 2023, the minimum wage is now at $15 per hour.
Public Act 19-4 requires the minimum wage to increase five times over a five-year
Just like you can’t spell awesome without ME, you can’t take FMLA leave without some conditions. There may not be 22 such conditions, but I know all too well, that one of those conditions is that the FMLA leave should be genuine. FMLA abuse can lead to bad blood between the employer and the employee.
While I’m taking some time off, I’m republishing some prior posts that still have relevance today. And as the old TV slogan says, if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you! Today, with Season 3 of Ted Lasso in full swing, I look back to the Season 1 workplace lessons from one of my
As citizens, it’s hard not to feel that some of the underpinnings of democracy have been under a lot of pressure these last few years. No doubt you’ve heard from employees about these issues. It may also be leading to increased conflict within the workplace.
Which is why one of the projects the American Bar
Since the start of the year, a whole bunch of tech firms have been going through a series of layoffs. The New York Times recently did an article about how such layoffs were “shocking” to a whole generation of workers typically Millennials and Generation Z who had never experienced such change before. (Generation X and