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The Firm publishes Update which provides general information of interest to employers in meeting their employment objectives and addressing workplace issues proactively. Update is provided free of charge and past versions can be obtained by contacting our office. Subjects addressed include:

  • Union Solicitation & Nonemployee Union Organizers
  • A Good Deed Actually May Go Unpunished (Voluntary Payment of Overtime to Otherwise Exempt Employees)
  • Y2K and New COBRA Compliance…What a Happy Year
  • Supreme Court Narrowly Restricts Disability Definition Under ADA (A Benefit to Employers)
  • New ADA Guidelines for Employers
  • Unemployment Alert
  • EEOC Spells Out Affirmative Defense in Discrimination Cases
  • Connecticut's Drug Testing Conundrum
  • Supreme Court Decides that "Unable to Work" Doesn't Always Mean "Unable to Perform" Essential Job Functions
  • Supreme Court states that an Antidiscrimination Policy Could Provide a Defense to Punitive Damages
  • Interstate Income Withholding Orders for Support & Medical Support
  • Maybe Your Sexual Harassment Policy should be Broadened
  • When is a conversation a Public Meeting? No Quorum Necessary for FOIA
  • NLRB Holds Non-Union Employees Have Right to Presence of Co-Worker at Investigatory Interviews!
  • As Employers Make Greater Use of Contingent Workers, the NLRB Makes it Easier for Unions to Organize those Workers
  • New OSHA Ergonomics Regulations Repealed
  • Arbitration of Statutory Discrimination & Common Law Claims
  • Exemptions from Overtime for Computer Professionals
  • Supreme Court Endorses Arbitration (Again)
  • Interplay between the FMLA and Workers' Compensation Leave
  • Employers Win Summary Judgment
  • Appellate Court Reviews Reasonable Medical Leaves Under Workers' Compensation
  • Supreme Court Says (Again) that Nurses can be Supervisors
  • Wage Hour Changes
  • Drug Testing Issues
  • New Ruling Affects Small Employers
  • Department of Labor's Shared Work Program Provides Employers With Workforce Alternatives
  • Supervisors Not Individually Liable Under State Anti-Discrimination Statute
  • Supreme Court Rules on FMLA Notice Issue
  • Update on Partial Day Rules for Overtime Exemptions
  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Privacy Rule
  • Is It Age Discrimination to Implement Salary Reductions or Layoffs for High Wage Earners?
  • Employer Obligations under Federal Military Leave Law
  • Restrictive Covenants
  • The HIPAA Privacy Rule Uncovered
  • NLRA Supervisory Status
  • Employees' Duty of Loyalty


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