02/09/2010
Here’s a recipe for trouble: An employee returns from medical leave, but doesn’t say anything about his condition. His supervisor asks him if he needs accommodations. It might suddenly occur to the employee that accommodations are a good idea. Or he might think he’s being treated as if he is disabled. Either way, the question triggers a whole host of issues that may never have come up if not for the supervisor’s inquiry.
02/09/2010
When Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts won January’s special election to fill the seat long occupied by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, Democrats lost their 60-vote supermajority in the Senate. That means it will be that much more difficult for the Obama administration to make good on many of its pro-employee campaign promises. That’s not to say those employment law initiatives are dead. The following are the key initiatives pending in Congress.