This week we are pleased to have a guest post by Robinson+Cole Immigration Group lawyer Jennifer L. Shanley.
Recruiting the best talent is essential for many manufacturers’ ongoing success. Many times, the best talent is an individual who was born in another country and who needs sponsorship to work in the United States.
But how do…
This week we are pleased to have a guest post by Robinson+Cole Labor and Employment Group lawyer Natale V. DiNatale.
The NLRB has reversed decades of precedent and made it far easier for unions to represent employees, including manufacturers, without a secret ballot election. The NLRB’s new standard (announced in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, 372…
Below is an excerpt of an article co-authored with Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group lawyer Jon Schaefer, published by EHS Today on August 31, 2023.
Across the country, manufacturers are learning they need to ensure employees working both inside and out are adequately protected from heat-related risks. Earlier in the summer, OSHA issued the…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued “timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding” Industrial Control Systems (ICS).
The Advisories provide background on the vulnerabilities, and the manufacturers’ releases for remediation and mitigation to implement to protect against the vulnerabilities, which Industrial Control Systems operators may wish to consult. The…
This week’s post was contributed by Robinson+Cole’s Kathleen M. Porter, Jennifer M. Driscoll, and Amy R. Roth.
Companies pursuing acquisitions that require a filing in the United States under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR)[1] may, by year-end, face vastly expanded disclosure requirements necessitating far greater investments in time, effort, and planning.
In…
Below is an excerpt of an article, co-authored with Robinson+Cole Labor and Employment Group lawyer Sapna K. Jain, published in the Hartford Business Journal on May 1, 2023.
With Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start to summer, just a few weeks away, employers may be preparing to welcome summer interns into the workplace. What…
Below is an excerpt of an article co-authored with Robinson+Cole Labor and Employment Group lawyer Natale V. DiNatale and Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group Jon Schaefer published by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) on April 12, 2023.
OSHA is poised to revive a policy that would require employers to permit union officials to…
This week’s post is authored by Emilee Mooney Scott and is also available on Robinson+Cole’s Environmental Law + blog. Thank you to Emilee for contributing. Emilee is a partner in the firm’s Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, focusing her practice on a variety of environmental compliance and transactional matters, including emerging contaminants.
In mid-March…
This week’s post was co-authored with Edward Heath and Kevin Daly. Attorneys Heath and Daly are members of Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Industry Team and regularly counsel clients on trade compliance, anti-corruption compliance, and other corporate compliance issues.
On the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration has announced a series of additional…
This week we are pleased to have a guest post by Robinson+Cole Labor and Employment Group lawyer Sapna Jain.
As an update to our October 12, 2022 post regarding the deadline for federal contractors and first-tier subcontractors to object to disclosure of their Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 reports from 2016 to 2020, the Office…
