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Before your Company’s 2011 calendar is filled with meetings, you should consider scheduling harassment-prevention training, at least for your supervisors and managers.  Some states mandate supervisors and managers attend such training (e.g., sexual harassment prevention …

Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) saw an overall increase in cases filed with their agency.  In all, there were 26,585 cases filed.  Of those, 23,381 were unfair labor practice charges, and 3,204 …

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it believes constitutional amendments passed in four states prohibiting an employer’s voluntary recognition of a union are preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).  The final decision …

While many do not see substance abuse as a disability or a serious medical condition, employers should be aware that substance addictions may be covered under the FMLA or the ADA if an employee receives …

Another Judge weighed in on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  Finding the individual mandate unconstitutional, Judge Roger Vinson of the District Court in Florida invalidated the entire law and …

As seen in the January 31, 2011 Connecticut Law Tribune President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law last March.  Almost as soon as he put his pen down, challenges …