Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a fact sheet delineating the responsibilities employers have under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) to re-employed veterans who... read more →
For a number of years now, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has held that job discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation is considered sex discrimination. That’s been... read more →
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing new rules for certain federal contractors that the agency suggests will protect the religious views of those organizations. According to the DOL:... read more →
Not only do Connecticut employers need to know about the significant changes in the employment law landscape following the most recent state legislative session which just ended in June 2019,... read more →
Employers in Connecticut are now finding themselves on the cusp of having to navigate several challenges pertaining to new protections and benefits afforded to employees. Each of these changes comes... read more →
Marijuana use is rising across the U.S. and Connecticut – for both recreational and medical reasons. And that fact is putting employers everywhere in a bit of a bind. As... read more →
Employee complaints about the conduct of another employee are not something employers can ignore. In fact, there are a host of laws (Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),... read more →
People with significant developmental disabilities have long suffered from the widespread belief that they have a limited ability for productive work. In 1938, that assumption led the Congress to pass... read more →
As job opportunities continue to expand in manufacturing, many Connecticut employers are asking where they’ll find the skilled workers they’ll need going forward. It’s an excellent question. It’s also one... read more →
With all the attention a small outbreak of measles in the U.S. has caused, a number of employers are asking if they’re permitted by law to require their employees to... read more →