The American Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section kicks off its annual conference tomorrow in Chicago and, by all accounts, it appears its going to be bigger and better than ever. Over 1300 people have registered for the conference, and the programming looks first-rate, with NLRB Chair Wilma Liebman, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, and various… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: 2010
Family Violence Victims Officially Get New Workplace Protections on Friday
Posted in Laws and RegulationsEach year, the Connecticut General Assembly passes a number of laws. Rather than have them enacted immediately upon the governor’s signature, many of the bills become effective on October 1st of that respective year. I followed several workplace bills earlier this year but most never made it very far. One bill did and it gives new… Continue Reading
All About Labor Day in Connecticut
Posted in Human Resources (HR) ComplianceShould Labor Day be celebrated on a Tuesday? That was one interesting fact about the start of Labor Day that I covered in a post a few years ago here. The United States Department of Labor, as you might expect, covers this topic fairly extensively on its website. According to the DOL, it "is a… Continue Reading
Top 25 Business Law Blog? Only If You Say So
Posted in Human Resources (HR) ComplianceAs I approach the three-year anniversary of this blog (stay tuned for more details), it’s certainly touching to receive accolades for this blog. Each year, LexisNexis “honors a select group of blogs that set the online standard for a given industry.” Amazingly, the Connecticut Employment Law Blog is a nominated candidates for the LexisNexis Top… Continue Reading
President Signs Bill Extending COBRA Subsidy For One Month; To be Applied Retroactively
Posted in Legislative DevelopmentsLate Tuesday night, the Senate approved and the President signed a bill that , among other things, extends the COBRA subsidy (that had expired on February 28, 2010) to March 31, 2010 and applies that extension retroactively. That means that any terminations on Monday and Tuesday this week that would have been subject to the COBRA subsidy… Continue Reading
What is the 2010 Mileage Reimbursement Rate for Businesses? IRS Provides the Guidelines
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and RegulationsYou might have missed it, but the IRS recently announced the 2010 optional standard mileage rates. These rates are typically used by businesses to help calculate mileage expenses for employees. And just when you’ve started to remember the optional rate issued by the IRS, it changes it. And so it has for 2010. Effective January… Continue Reading
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