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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...
Covid-19 and Noncompetition Agreements: 4 Situations Where They Are Not Enforceable
By Jill Halper If this blog article has caught your attention, you likely already understand what a...
The New Shared Work Program Might Be Your Solution During the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Jill Halper It is possible that many of you might not be aware that the CT Department of Labor (CTDOL) already has regulations in place known at...
CONTRACTS AND COVID-19 What Businesses, Employers and Employees Need to Know NOW
By Jill Halper In light of the imminent widespread COVID-19 outbreak across the U.S., parties to contracts, both in business and employment...
New Federal Law Grants Paid Leave for Coronavirus
By Fran Slusarz On April 2, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act become law. They are both...
Hours Reduced or Laid Off Because of Coronavirus? File for Unemployment Benefits!
By Liz Swedock Massive layoffs are not only coming, they are already here. Multiple news outlets are reporting that well over 52,000 people have...
Protecting Your Job During Coronavirus: Two Things Employees Should Look Out For
By Liz Swedock COVID-19 is interrupting everyone’s lives these days, worldwide, and for many of us it is negatively impacting our jobs. Even while...
Uncovering Your Bias About People Infected By the Coronavirus
By Mark Carey You know the man in the supermarket you saw today as you hurried for the last roll of TP… yes the one with the facemask and plastic...
Employees Are Entitled to Mandatory Paid Leave During Coronavirus Outbreak
By Mark Carey In our continuing effort to bring you immediate and pertinent employment related information during the Coronavirus outbreak, I have...
Your Job and the Coronavirus: 5 Things To Know and Protect Yourself
The issue is not if the Coronavirus will impact your employment but when it will. If you contract the Coronavirus or you are quarantined due to a...
Googlers Unite-Ignore Unions-Use the Hong Kong Method
This article is directed at Google employees who participated in or wanted to participate in recent walkouts and signed open letters to management. ...
Employee Wage Exemptions Easily Explained
By Jill Halper This article is meant to inform and offer guidance for either an employer or an employee who wishes to have a better grasp on the...
Several Great Reasons to Get Rid of the Employment At-Will Rule
By Mark Carey What do you mean I can be fired for any reason or no reason at all? Who made up this rule? Why do I have to follow the employment...
5 Essential Things To Know About Severance Agreements
1. Every Severance Agreement Must be Negotiated
A severance agreement is NOT an agreement until you sign on the dotted line. Until then, it is a severance OFFER. And as with all offers, it can be negotiated. If you are …
Can You Be Fired for Expressing Your Political Beliefs?
The increase in private sector employment, rise of social media and caustic political climate have combined to create a slew of new issues...
Your Employer Is Watching You Right Now!
By Mark Carey If you are reading this article on your company provided computer or device, your employer is watching you and taking notes. Stop now...
Employer Tactics Revealed: How Employers Use Age to Terminate Employees
Very often, someone will come to our office having just been fired, feeling that the reason given by their employer just doesn’t make sense. For...
History in the Making Today: Sexual Orientation Discrimination is Illegal
By Mark Carey Sexual Orientation discrimination is being argued today before the United States Supreme Court in the combined cases of Bostock v....
Performance Improvement Plan Playbook
By Jill Halper A while back I blogged an article on Performance Improvement Plans and what they really mean for an employee who has just been placed...
Employees, Not Independent Contractors: Closing a Loophole to Fair Benefits and Protections for Workers
California’s just passed a bill that, once signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, will require gig economy workers to be reclassified as employees. The...