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BREAKING: EEOC Rescinds Anti-Harassment Guidance – What It Means for Employers
Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took a significant step when it voted two-to-one to rescind the comprehensive anti-harassment guidance that had been finalized in April 2024. The...
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The Fallacy of Employment Law Lessons from a Viral Video
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. See, there was this viral video going around showing [insert questionable behavior that could — or could not — be employment law related]. It happened again...
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In a Pickle? What HR Can Learn From the Pickleball Court
I picked up a pickleball paddle six months ago, and like everyone else, I’m completely hooked. The rules of pickleball seemed simple enough—don’t hit the ball in the kitchen (or “no volley zone”), let...
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Why the Rule of Law Should Matter to Employers
Employment law attorneys and HR professionals (and the businesses we help to support) often focus on workplace policies, harassment prevention, and wage compliance. But with Law Day upon us on May...
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Can We Learn Lessons From Those That Oppose Us?
Do you live in a bubble? That question has taken on new meaning in today’s environment, but it’s something I think about often when it comes to the practice of law. After all, our firm mainly...
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My Innie Knows: The Employment Law of “Severance”
My “innie” at work would not approve of Lumon Industries; my “outie”, though, is obsessed with it. If you still think your “Innie” is referring to your belly button, then you likely aren’t watching...
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Five Years Later, The Change in Employment Law Becomes Clearer
Five years ago this week, on March 8, 2020, I wrote a fairly straightforward blog post on an FAQ for employers in Connecticut about COVID-19. I had been writing about it since January (and I’ll take...
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Keeping Up with the Latest at CBIA HR Conference
A while back, the CBIA asked me if I would present at its annual HR Conference later this month. We decided on the topic which seemed innocuous at the time — just an update on the Trump Administration...
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Trying to See the Picture for Employers Navigating the New Trump Administration
It’s been a busy few weeks for some (many? most?) employers as well as the nation as the new Trump administration has taken over and issued a flood of new Executive Orders, funding freezes, and press...
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What to Expect from the 2025 General Assembly Session
The new Connecticut legislative session kicked off this week, and there are lots of expectations as to what bills may stand a chance of consideration this year. I recently sat down with Chris Davis,...
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General Assembly To Consider Ban on NDAs
Led, in part, by a crusade from former Fox News hosts Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky, who settled private cases with Fox News involving sexual harassment and signed non-disclosure agreements...
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With the Great Reshuffle Comes Great Headaches for Employers
As I continue my examination of some of the programs arising from the ABA Labor & Employment Conference held earlier this month in Seattle, one of the more notable topics was addressing wage &...
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The Hard Road: Summary Judgment Upheld for Employer in Discrimination Case
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...
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Bills, Bills, Bills: What’s Going On
One month to go in the legislative session. So there are lots of bills that are technically “under consideration”. But let’s face it: Only a small portion of them will receive enough votes to pass the...
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The Dialogue Returns –“Me Too” Lives On, Separation Agreements, Pay...
One of my most popular segments on this blog has been the ongoing “dialogue” with Nina Pirrotti, an employee-side employment law attorney that we do from time to time. Nina is a partner at Garrison,...
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General Assembly Poised to Consider Wide Array of Workplace Bills
In a non-election year, the Connecticut legislature always seems to be extra busy considering workplace-related bills. This year is no exception. If anything, it feels like it’s hit another gear....
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ChatGPT Can Provide Employment Law Info … And a Poem?
In some prior posts here and here, I talked about the development of artificial intelligence tools in the employment law context. If you’ve been reading the headlines, the latest AI “tool” is a...
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Where We Live Interview – Long COVID and Employment Law
On November 1 at 9 a.m., I’ll be making a return appearance to WNPR’s award-winning Where We Live show. You can listen live or download it as a podcast. Tomorrow’s topic is one that we never would’ve...
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Get Caught Up With The Free Labor & Employment Fall Webinar Series
Sometimes it’s hard to appreciate how things have changed since the pandemic hit and the challenges we face going forward. I was thinking about all those little things over the weekend when I put...
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Dobbs and the Impact of the Court’s Decision for Employers
It would be easy to say that the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday has nothing to do with the workplace and therefore presents no employment law issues. But such an approach would not only be...
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