Jan 18 2021
Google’s Most Asked Questions About Employment Law, Part 4
Can employers assign mandatory overtime? For the most part, yes. Employers are allowed to make the ability to work overtime – even without notice – a condition of employment. There […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jan 17 2021
Google’s Most Asked Questions about Employment Law, Part 3
How does the Supreme Court Case Bostock v. Clayton County impact employment law? In Bostock, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the language in Title VII of the Civil Rights […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jan 11 2021
Can Connecticut Employees Be Required to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
As our world continues to face this unprecedented health crisis and with the FDA’s recent approval of a vaccine, many Connecticut employees are wondering whether their employers can require them […]
Posted by Amanda DeMatteis in Employment Law
Dec 9 2020
The Dialogue: COVID-19 Vaccines and Employers, Pandemic Issues and 2021 Predictions
As it appeared on the Employment Law Blog By Daniel Schwartz I had the opportunity to record another webcast recently with New Haven attorney Nina Pirrotti, who mainly represents employees in her […]
Sep 16 2020
Google’s Most Asked Questions about Employment Law, Part 2
How does employment law protect employees? At its most basic level, employment law circumscribes the employment relationship. Or, put another way, it says what employers can and cannot do vis-à-vis […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jul 30 2020
Google’s Most Asked Questions about Employment Law, Part 1
What is employment law? Generally speaking, “employment law” is the constellation of constitutions, statutes, regulations, and legal cases that governs the relationship between individual employees and their employers. If you […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jun 8 2020
The Dialogue: Employment Law Issues and Returning to Work In Midst of Pandemic
As it appeared on the Employment Law Blog By Daniel Schwartz The last time that I spoke with Plaintiff’s attorney Nina Pirrotti, the pandemic was just beginning and we were […]
May 18 2020
Non-Competes in the COVID-19 Era
Many employers require their employees to sign non-compete agreements, either upon hiring or during the course of employment. A non-compete agreement – for those who are unfamiliar – is a […]
May 13 2020
May 20 is Around the Corner, and I’m Scared to Go Back to Work
For the last two months, our Connecticut communities have been shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of today (May 13), there have been 34,333 confirmed COVID-19 cases; there are 1,189 […]
May 11 2020
Racial Discrimination During COVID-19
Global emergencies have the potential to bring out the best and worst in people, and COVID-19 is no different. While the pandemic has brought many people together in pursuit of […]