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Reminder – FMLA Amendments Regarding Military Leave Now Effective
Daniel SchwartzWith the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 (NDAA) earlier this week, the new amendments to the FMLA for care of military members are now effective...
View ArticleThe Basics: Offer Letters of Employment in Connecticut
Daniel SchwartzContinuing the summer series of "basics" of various employment laws (see prior installments here, here and here), this week the topic is offer letters. Specifically, at the time of...
View ArticleSocial Media Guidelines and Policies: Do Your Employees Know the Ground Rules...
Daniel SchwartzEarly on when writing the blog, I came across an issue that was so exciting to write about that I spent an evening crafting it up. It had links, pictures, and was well-sourced. But...
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Quick Hits: Obesity and ADA; Facebook Fishing; Voting Rights; FMLA Call-In...
Daniel SchwartzWith the Columbus Day holiday upon us, it’s time for another installment of "Quick Hits" where I touch on posts and topics of interest that you might have missed recently. Take note of...
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General Assembly Approves Significant Changes to CHRO Process
Daniel SchwartzThe dust is still settling on the flurry of activity in the closing hours of the General Assembly last night. It’s going to take a few days to get caught up on all the bills that were...
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More About the NLRB’s Proposed Rules on So-Called “Quickie Elections”
Daniel SchwartzThis 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...
View ArticleNew Procedures for CHRO – A Powerpoint (Program Recap – Part III)
Daniel SchwartzContinuing my series of posts on the public program produced by the CHRO on new Public Act 11-237 (for prior posts go here and here), the remainder of the program focused on the changes...
View ArticleNLRB Announces Final Rule to Expedite Elections
Daniel SchwartzEarlier this month, I posted about new labor law posters that employers need to use, perhaps as early as late January 2012. Now on Wednesday comes news that the NLRB has adopted a final...
View ArticleCHRO Attorney Agrees Emphasis at Agency “Has Shifted From MAR to Mediation”
Daniel SchwartzEarlier this week, I wrote about the perception among some that the CHRO has been retaining more cases for investigation by letting more cases through the Merit Assessment Review....
View ArticleWaiting for the Dust To Settle on New NLRB Posting Requirement
Daniel SchwartzA lot of people have been writing about a recent court ruling that upheld significant portions of a new NLRB-promulgated poster that will get put up on a wall in some common area. I’ve...
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The New “Value” Proposition: NLRB Yet Again Rules the Reasonable Unreasonable
I sound like a broken record, but once again, the NLRB is striking down reasonable rules as unreasonable. My colleague, Gary Starr (as always, read his bio here), today shares a recent case from the...
View ArticleBill Amending CHRO Procedures Is “Mostly” Dead
If you read the headlines this morning, you may have seen that nearly four dozen bills died at the Judiciary Committee yesterday afternoon. Indeed, no bills made it out at the deadline. The unusual...
View ArticleCleaning Up Your Employee Handbooks, NLRB-Style
Last month, I had the opportunity to speak to the American Law Institute for a CLE program on the latest guidance from the NLRB on various employee handbook policies. When I first wrote about it in...
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And About “Embarrassing” Student Teaching Assistant Handbooks….
My colleague Jarad Lucan returns today with an update on a post regarding the impact that recent labor law decisions are having on colleges and universities. Two years ago, my colleagues and I reported...
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Recommendations for Uber Are Roadmap for All?
If you had a million dollars (or more) to investigate your culture, what would you find out? (Music fans may appreciate the classic “If I Had a Million Dollars” song from the Barenaked Ladies. You’re...
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Diving In: Your Company Is More Than Your Employee Handbook
Yesterday, I made a spectacular dive. Unfortunately, it was not in a pool. It was in the middle of the street. But it’s what happened AFTER that unfortunate fall, that I find most compelling. Let me...
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The Dialogue: The Shifts That #MeToo Are Creating in the Workplace
After a break for the holidays, my long-running discussion with Nina Pirrotti, an employee-side attorney , returns. Nina is a partner at the law firm of Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald and...
View ArticleABA Passes Resolution Updating Sex Harassment Prevention Practices
Last week, I had the opportunity to again represent Connecticut as the State Delegate for the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates at the Vancouver ABA Midyear Meeting. Among the resolutions...
View ArticleCHRO Attorney Agrees Emphasis at Agency “Has Shifted From MAR to Mediation”
Earlier this week, I wrote about the perception among some that the CHRO has been retaining more cases for investigation by letting more cases through the Merit Assessment Review. These cases that...
View ArticleWaiting for the Dust To Settle on New NLRB Posting Requirement
A lot of people have been writing about a recent court ruling that upheld significant portions of a new NLRB-promulgated poster that will get put up on a wall in some common area. I’ve been reluctant...
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