Tag: business
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Should Connecticut Adopt a ‘Right to Disconnect’ Law?
Working from home became a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but for many, it has now become a permanent way of life. I’ve long been a proponent of remote work, seeing firsthand how it offers employees flexibility, cuts down on commuting stress, and allows businesses to adapt to a changing workforce. But there’s another side…
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Boeing Strike Highlights the Struggle for Retirement Security and Fair Compensation
Strikes are rare in the labor movement these days. Back in labor’s heyday in the mid-century, strikes were a common strategy used by unions and their members to extract improved wages, benefits, and working conditions from recalcitrant employers. But these days, with free trade agreements used as a threat by employers to shut plants…
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Evolving Safety Standards
I was watching the news last night and there was a story about the toll the summer’s heat is taking on workers of all types this summer. Temperature extremes are nothing new in summer or winter, but recently summer temperatures have been creeping higher particularly in the sun belt states, and exposing workers to dangerous…
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An Employer’s Guide to Addressing Workplace Harassment
I have a good friend who runs a small physical therapy business with about a dozen employees. Our conversations usually involve Mets baseball, being a dad, or current events. But yesterday he called me with a legal problem that he hoped I could help him with. Because he is a small business owner…
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Reevaluating Our Weekly Schedule
Welcome to summer. This long weekend when we honor our fallen military men and women and gather with friends and families is the unofficial start to the summer season. Memorial Day has always been my favorite holiday. It usually marks the first cookout of the season. Baseball is in full swing. And if…
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