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What to Expect When You’re Expecting the Department of Labor

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Highlight, Wage & Hour

As I’ve noted before, both the U.S. and the Connecticut Department of Labor have had a renewed focus on investigating employers for compliance with state and federal wage & hour laws. But what should you expect when the DOL comes calling for an investigation (either as part of a random audit or a complaint)?  First… Continue Reading

Audit Highlights Significant Issues with CHRO

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC

A new state auditor’s report released this month shows that the CHRO continues to struggle with compliance with statutory timeframes. The report — which can be downloaded here — shows that from 2007-2009, 56 percent of the cases exceeded the statutory maximum of 370 days.   As the report notes, “the longer it takes to… Continue Reading

Regulations from “Back in the Day” Still Around for Employers to Worry About

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Wage & Hour

As I catch up from being at the ABA Annual Meeting, my colleague, Mick Lavelle, prepared this terrific little post about some long-standing labor statutes that employers should not ignore. The Connecticut Department of Labor enforces statutes which were first enacted in the days when payroll records were paper documents, to be stored in filing cabinets.   Our… Continue Reading

Five Questions with… Mathew Krukoski, CPA on Employee Benefit Plan Audits

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

  Continuing our occasional series of interviews with people of interest to human resource professionals in Connecticut, today we talk with Mathew Krukoski, CPA of J.H. Cohn’s Glastonbury, CT offices. Matthew is a Partner there and we had the opportunity to talk about the importance of having auditors review employee benefit plans, particularly as that… Continue Reading

New Year Brings Lots of Compliance Issues for HR Professionals

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations

I don’t think it’s going out on a limb to suggest that 2009 brings about some of the broadest changes to employment laws in the United States this decade.  Some changes are already known, while others are forecasted to occur.   Michael Moore, over at the Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog, has an excellent post… Continue Reading