What Changed. On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind two agency policy documents that had been in place for roughly 40 years: the Guidelines on Affirmative Action Appropriate Under Title VII (29 C.F.R.
Employers across the country are increasingly confronting a frustrating trend: a stark disconnect between what candidates promise on paper and what they deliver at work. In a competitive labor market, more job applicants appear to be inflating their skills, padding
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I am an assistant principal at a high school, and with the end of the school year, I have completed a number of summative evaluations. I have worked hard this year
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As administrators at a middle school, we implemented a code of conduct policy this past spring that we thought would be an effective deterrent to student misbehavior as the school
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of an elementary school, I try to be kind to all of my employees. But now the union that represents the paraeducators in my building is giving me
On June 16, 2026, the Connecticut Supreme Court unanimously rewrote the playbook for estate tax domicile disputes. In Daniels v. Commissioner of Revenue Services, SC 21150, the Court held that an estate challenging the Department of Revenue Services’ (“DRS”) residency determination
If your company uses arbitration to resolve employment disputes in Connecticut (and many do), a new law signed by Governor Lamont on June 4, 2026, may have just changed who can serve as your arbitrator.
Public Act 26-92 (Substitute Senate
On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) released four new opinion letters addressing difficult FLSA questions from employers and employees. These are the agency’s official interpretation of the law, and employers who follow
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I love reading your mailbag. I am a school administrative assistant, and I have a question for you.
We recently had a 3rd grade field trip, and one parent chaperone
On May 19, 2026, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously held in Sabatini v. Knouse, SJC-13781, that individuals in academic settings can be held personally liable for sexual harassment under M.G. L. c. 214, § 1C. Until this decision, professors and
