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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

Who Says Legislation Isn’t Fun: OLR Background Reports on Blood Pressure & The Unemployment Rate

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

What do blood pressure and batting averages have to do with the unemployment rate?  Well, more than you might think – at least according to the Office of Legislative Research. This little-known state office is a gem, constantly providing reports that — more often than not — are well written and useful.  And the report… Continue Reading

Connecticut Department of Labor Requires Larger Employers to Fill Out FMLA Report

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

UPDATED 1/20/11 Filling out forms ranks right up there with going to the dentist for me. (Don’t tell him I said that.) I suspect I’m not alone. Which is why I’m sheepish about reminding employers that the Connecticut Department of Labor requires that employers with 75 or more employees as of a date certain, must… Continue Reading

Legislative Roundup: New Labor & Employment Laws — Where Are They??

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

UPDATED The Connecticut General Assembly ended its regular session last night. As far as new laws affecting employers, the session certainly ends with a whimper.  For many employers, the big news is that the paid sick leave bill once again failed.  This time it wasn’t even put up for a vote in either chamber of… Continue Reading

You Can Still Fire Poorly Performing Employees, Says Second Circuit

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation

An oft-repeated and only sometimes rhetorical question of employers is: I have an employee that is not meeting performance expectations. I can still fire them, right?  A recent Second Circuit case strongly suggests the answer to that question: Yes.  In Chukwurah v. Stop & Shop Supermarkets (Nov. 25, 2009), an employee appealed a District of… Continue Reading

A Detailed Look at Employment in “The Insurance Capital of the World”

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

As a fellow Connecticut blogger Ryan McKeen has said before, the Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries’ Newslog, is one of those hidden-in-plain-sight web gems that ought to be discovered more often.  In a recent post, they referenced new reports from the Office of Legislative Research which provides answers to some questions that might otherwise go unanswered. Among… Continue Reading

Legislative Update: Conn. House Approves Bill Banning Use of Credit Reports for Employment Decisions

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

Last week, the Connecticut House approved House Bill 5521 (H.B. 5521), which would bar Connecticut employers from using credit reports in their employment decisions such as hiring and firing.  You can download the bill’s text here.  The bill’s main provisions would prohibit employers from asking employees or prospective employee to consent to the creation of… Continue Reading