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WSJ Article- When Co-Workers Test Positive for Covid-19: What You Need to Know
The Wall Street Journal (July 13, 2020) reported the following story with an interview with Employment Attorney Mark Carey, Carey & Associates,...
The Workplace of Tomorrow III: A New Path
By Fran Slusarz About a million years ago, I remember hearing that the Star Wars epic was meant to track the rise and fall of the Roman empire. It...
The Employees’ Field Guide to Protesting: What you Need to Know Before the Rally
By Fran Slusarz It always surprises people when they learn that they really don’t have a right to say whatever they want at work or outside work. We...
Supreme Court Says Sex Discrimination Includes Homosexuality and Transgender Status
By Mark Carey and Fran Slusarz, The Supreme Court just issued a ground-breaking Bostock decision making it unlawful for employers to discriminate on...
The Workplace of Tomorrow II: Dystopia Rising
By Fran Slusarz, Last week, or 347 news cycles ago, I wrote that the post-COVID workplace will not be as bad as we feared. Most employers will do...
The Workplace of Tomorrow: Not as Silly as They Predicted, Not as Bad as You Fear
By Fran Slusarz, Mid-century was the golden age of futurism and if you are of a certain (ahem) age, you spent far too many hours on Saturday morning...
Watch Out for Parasitic Layoffs: Companies are Dropping Headcount to Boost the Bottom Line While No One’s Paying Attention
By Fran Slusarz, It happens in every economic downturn. Companies that are doing just fine, thank you, go through rounds of layoffs to the cheers of...
What If They Opened the Economy and No One Came? Or, Why It’s Still Mostly Groundhog Day
By Fran Slusarz, With all 50 states set to lift at least some restrictions as we head into Memorial Day weekend, it is the perfect time to look at...
Does Your Large Employer Owe You Paid Sick Leave and Enhanced FMLA Leave?
By Fran Slusarz, If you are as outraged as I am by the well-capitalized hospitality industry and publicly traded companies gobbling up Paycheck...
They Denied My Unemployment Claim…Now What?
The good news is that the enhanced unemployment benefits available in response to COVID-19 provide unprecedented and supplemental financial relief...
What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued the following critical guidance that lawyers and judges are using today and you should...
What You Need to Know Before You Return to Work
By Fran Slusarz, Even though the majority of Americans think it is too soon, states across the nation are declaring themselves “open.” Connecticut...
Scared To Return To Work During Covid-19?
Even after weeks of quarantining and social distancing, we continue to read about alarmingly high statistics related to Covid-19 illnesses,...
Whistleblower Laws Help Healthcare Workers Do What’s Right AND Keep Their Jobs
By Fran Slusarz The news is alarming. More than 760 residents of Connecticut nursing home have died from COVID-19. Nursing homes have underreported...
What to expect if you’re expecting…. to get fired
By Liz Swedock Most at-will employees who have been recently terminated are given a “Separation” or “Severance” offer from their (now) former...
FOR EMPLOYEES: Emergency Q&A With An Employment Attorney for $250.00 for 1 Hour
Have you hit a wall in your attempts to obtain answers from the internet to your specific employment questions, then we have an offer for you. Carey...
The Covid-19 Catch-All: Why Your Recent Termination Might Have Been Unlawful
A record 22 million people were laid off in one month since the coronavirus pandemic shut down large portions of the U.S. economy as of the week...
For Employees – Frequently Asked Questions During COVID-19
By Liz Swedock As I’m sure everyone reading this knows by now, one of the biggest impacts of the ongoing coronavirus / COVID-19 crisis has been to...
The Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act
By Mark Carey The CARES Act application opens today April 3, 2020. The following PDF document is the most concise statement regarding the CARES Act...
Covid-19 and How the Employment At-Will Rule Destroyed a Nation
By Mark Carey For the week ending March 21, 2020, 3.2 million American workers were terminated from their employment, according to the USDOL. How...
