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Should We Still Be Forcing Employees To Be Vaccinated?
I love this week between Christmas and New Year. Not much is happening at work; it is time to catch up with family and friends. A time to take stock. A time to rest. I tend to do a lot of reading and writing during the week. Sometimes, I…
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Omicron Hits as FMLA Ramps Up in CT
About six weeks ago I naively wrote that we finally had our hands around the neck of the pandemic and we were headed back to a normal work year in the new year. I think I must have gotten my booster around that time and I was feeling pretty…
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What Inflation Means For Your Wages
At the end of last week, the U.S. Labor Department issued a startling report that inflation rose at an annual rate of 6.8 percent in November, representing the highest the inflation has been in 39 years. November was the sixth straight month that inflation has been above five percent. Most…
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Anti-Retaliation Protections Expand to Help More People
If you read this column regularly, you know that employer retaliation against your exercising your civil rights in the workplace is illegal under federal or state anti-discrimination laws. For example, if you testify on behalf of a fellow employee who has been targeted with racial epithets in the workplace,…
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Functional Workers Demand and Deserve Better From Employers
I embraced the idea of remote work really early in the pandemic. I always believed that there was a more efficient way to get traditionally office-based work done rather than through commuting and remaining stationary at a desk from nine to five. I have never been a supporter of…
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OSHA Vaccine Mandate: What You Need to Know
I got my COVID booster last week and a flu shot to boot. I feel like maybe I should get through the winter without even a cough. But we’ll see. The 490 page federal vaccine mandate that came out last week doesn’t really affect me directly. But it will affect…
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New Guidelines On Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates
According to recently-released data, more than 78 percent of Connecticut’s population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, and more than 70 percent of the population is considered “fully vaccinated.” By next week, children aged between five and eleven years old will be eligible for a…
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Are Boosters the New Fully Vaccinated?
I had a new issue arise this week regarding vaccines. We are fully involved in vaccine mandates now, but the new issue is whether or not employers can mandate vaccine booster shots. Over the last several weeks, the FDA has approved COVID vaccine booster shots for varied demographic groups. …
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A Decision on Religious Vaccine Exemptions
Last week’s column left you with a cliffhanger. Alas, just seven days later, I can tell you how the cliffhanger has resolved. You may recall if you read last week’s scribbles that I told you about a case in New York state before a federal judge in Utica. The…
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New Lawsuits on Vaccine Religious Exemptions May Affect CT
I have gotten calls over the past week from folks who are working under a newly-implemented vaccine mandate and are still hesitating about getting the shot. The day is fast approaching when folks who refuse the shot without an exemption will face termination from employment. The axe has already…
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