As seen in the January, 30 2012 CT Law Tribune
January always means new employment laws and this year has been no exception. In addition to new state laws on the books, federal agencies have been stepping up enforcement of existing laws. Increased enforcement can have a bigger impact on employers than new laws. While you are updating your policies and training to reflect new [...]
Big changes are coming to union elections. The National Labor Relations Board issued its final rule, designed to promote efficiency by making major changes to how employees elect representatives. In other words, rather than 42 days to prepare for a union election, employers may only have a few weeks. The new rules will limit an [...]
This past fall we wrote about a new National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) notice-posting mandate, which requires employers to post an oversized Notice of Employee Rights in the workplace. This poster is intended to inform employees of their rights to unionize. Action is not yet needed. Although slated for a November 14, 2011 effective date, [...]
Last week, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the First Amendment protects a religious institution’s autonomy to choose its ministers, placing these decisions beyond the reach of employment discrimination statutes. The case, Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, involved a religious school teacher who spent most of her time teaching secular subjects, but also taught religious [...]