Nearly all employers in Connecticut now have to provide sexual harassment training to employees. The law requires employers of all sizes to provide two hours of sexual harassment training to employees within six months of their date of hire or promotion. Employers are recommended to provide updated training at least every three years to all employees.
Archives for July 17, 2025
Best Practices When Taking Voluntary Compliance Steps Using Workforce Analytics
The Trump administration has decisively shifted its approach to enforcing employment discrimination laws, leaving employers grappling for clarity and stability to inform their efforts to prevent and manage legal risks stemming from harassment and discrimination. Workforce analytics, accompanied by privileged legal advice tethered to risk tolerance, can assist employers to
Employers, Before You Pick Up the Phone to Call an Employee’s Physician, Put it on Hold
There must be something in the water in EmployerLand, USA.
On multiple occasions lately, employers have confessed frustration to me with the lack of information provided by an employee’s physician in an FMLA medical certification or in support of an ADA accommodation.
But their next line is always troubling: “So,
EEOC to resume evaluating cases of alleged gender identity-related discrimination
EEOC to resume evaluating cases of alleged gender identity-related discrimination
James A. Paretti Jr. says a federal court’s ruling to vacate part of guidance on how to address on-the-job harassment previously issued by the EEOC — namely, provisions meant to protect LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace – applies nationwide.
McKnight’s Senior
What Is Soft Influence? The Most Impactful Employees Aren’t Always Loud
Some of the most effective employees lead with presence, timing, and trust, without needing to be loud. This is soft influence, and it’s often overlooked.
Workplace Privacy Expectations Shift for Younger Employees
Younger employees expect transparency around digital privacy at work. Learn how evolving laws and attitudes are reshaping workplace monitoring and trust in 2025.
Catholic Group Seeks Expanded EEOC Abortion Accommodation Ruling
A Catholic group plans to appeal a federal court’s decision to vacate an abortion-related portion of EEOC pregnancy bias rules in hopes of obtaining a more expansive ruling shielding religious employers from accommodating medically necessary abortions in addition to “purely elective” ones.
Trump EEOC Pick Pledges to Enforce His Directives ‘Vigorously’
EEOC Republican nominee Brittany Panuccio says she would “vigorously enforce” President Donald Trump’s agenda if confirmed, doubling down on the viewpoint that the commission is an executive branch agency closely tied to the administration’s priorities.
Western Distributing to Pay $919,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
DENVER – Western Distributing Co., a corporate conglomerate consisting of at least 15 companies, including Western Distributing Transportation Company, United States Armored Co. (USAC) and Western Towing and Recovery, will pay $919,000 to former employees and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal
The ‘Gen Z Stare’: What It Means And What’s Underneath It At Work
Learn why the “Gen Z Stare” is more than a blank, disengaged expression, why employers can’t afford to misread it and what its deeper more serious meaning really holds.
Annual Dependent Care FSA Limit Gets ‘Long-Awaited’ Boost
Discover the steps employers should take in light of the upcoming 50% increase in the dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) limit.
Laundromat Attendant’s Retaliatory Termination Claims Survive
Review claims of retaliatory termination, hostile work environment, and failure to accommodate a worker’s disability that moved forward to be heard by a jury.
This yogurt brand is offering people $5,000 to take time off
Americans had $312 billion in unused vacation days last year. Yogurt brand siggi’s is offering people $5,000 to use their PTO.
It’s Time to Rethink the One-Page Résumé
Now that AI is screening résumés, it’s time to rethink that commandment about fitting all your work experience onto a single page.
Has The Backlash To Hustle Culture Gone Too Far?
An anti-hustle counter movement has taken shape. Some wonder if the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.