Busy end to the week so here's a quick recap of some of the stories I've been hoping to write further about but have run out of time. There's also a link or two to other stories of interest in Connecticut.
- For those dealing with labor unions, the DC Employment Law Update notes that a new final rule from the government released yesterday revokes "the requirement that fed...
The health care bill debate seems all consuming. At least in terms of press coverage.
But yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a defense 
spending bill (H.R. 3326) that, according to the DC Employment Law Update: "prevents most defense contractors and subcontractors from forcing their employees or independent contractors to sign, as a condition of employme...
With the holiday weekend now firmly behind us (and hopefully the wet weather and storms behind us too), it seems like a good time to recap some items you might have missed over the last few weeks in employment law.
- First, a gentle reminder that our free webinar on the Supreme Court's decision on Ricci v. DeStefano and the implications for private employers is just 48 hou
rs away. Details and registration are ava...
Lost in the shuffle of the COBRA subsidy extension have been new restrictions that prohibit some defense contractors from using mandatory arbitration provisions with their employees.
The Washington Employment Law Update does an excellent job at recapping the relevant provisions and points out that there w...
With all the news about recent Supreme Court decisions, here are a few articles that you might of missed over the last few weeks:
- The Ohio Employer's Law Blog reports on an interesting 6th Circuit decision that allows a USERRA claim (the statute that guarantees job restoration after military service) to be released in a separation agreement.
- T...
The U.S. Department of Labor has recently revamped its website and many of its online materials. And yet, for some reason, these remain a secret to many employers looking for basic information on employment laws.
I'm not quite sure why.
It's not as if the government is trying to "trick" employers into not complying with the law. And it's not like the Department of Labor is only geared towards employees; there are plenty of resources geared to employers -- particularly smaller ones.
And yet, employers seem shy about this. It's almo...
