LEL Blog

New Private Employee Protections in Connecticut Curtail Employer Political/Religious Communications

August 8, 2022Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, HR Policies

Private Connecticut employers must be careful about imposing their political or religious views on their employees, as a result of a new restriction on employer speech that took effect July 1, 2022. While apparently intended to target union oppos... Read More..

Workplace Investigations: Video vs. In-Person Interviews

August 4, 2022Connecticut Employers, COVID-19, Employee Relations, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers, Workplace Investigations

Prior to the pandemic, in-person interviews were generally considered the preferred method of conducting workplace investigations. They allowed the investigator to build rapport with the interviewee, the investigator could observe behaviors by the... Read More..

3 Key Considerations Under GINA – the Federal Law You May Have Overlooked

August 1, 2022Connecticut Employers, COVID-19, Employee Relations, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) may be the sleepiest of the federal EEO laws, the one that many employers have never heard of or have entirely forgotten. It prohibits employers from collecting genetic information from employe... Read More..

CTFMLA Notice to Employees Is Overdue, Employers Need to Update Policies

July 25, 2022Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, Employer Notice Requirements, HR Policies, Paid Leave Time

Connecticut employers sorting through the complexities of the amended Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act (CTFMLA) and Connecticut Paid Leave Act (CTPL) need to ensure they are providing all new hires with the requisite Read More..

Workplace Investigations: When Should You Consider Retaining an Outside Investigator

July 21, 2022Connecticut Employers, Employee Relations, Harassment/Discrimination, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers, Workplace Investigations

Increasingly, organizations are conducting workplace investigations in response to employee concerns – both those raised formally to human resources or through a written complaint or attorney demand letter, and those raised informally in a convers... Read More..

EEOC Removes Employers’ Blanket Authorization to Test Employees for COVID-19

July 18, 2022Connecticut Employers, COVID-19, Employee Relations, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers

Responding to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has concluded that we are past the emergency stage when it was always considered appropriate for employers to require screening tests of emplo... Read More..

Maximize Your Talent Pool: 3 Ways to Ensure Your AI Is Not Screening Out Qualified Job Candidates with Disabilities

July 11, 2022Connecticut Employers, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York Employers, Tri-State Employers

My son has been applying for hourly, entry-level summer jobs. Through his process, I am seeing first-hand, from the applicant’s perspective, the varying ways in which software, algorithms and artificial intelligence now predominate the job applica... Read More..

What the Supreme Court’s Recent Decisions on Guns and Prayer Mean for Private Employers

July 11, 2022Connecticut Employers, HR Policies, New Jersey Employers, New York City Employers, New York Employers

Two decisions handed down by the Supreme Court last month held that government actions were unconstitutional. In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the Court held that a public school district’s instruction to a high school football co... Read More..

Beyond Job Postings, New York State Pay Transparency Laws Would Create a Foundation for Massive Employee Pay Data and Pay History Collection

July 6, 2022Employee Relations, Employer Notice Requirements, Harassment/Discrimination, HR Policies, New York City Employers, New York Employers, Wage and Hour Laws

Two bills passed by both houses of the New York State legislature and currently awaiting submission to the governor for signature add a new, and significant, dimension to the range of pay transparency laws that are proliferating around the country... Read More..