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Hurricane Irene: “Reporting Time” Pay and Other Wage & Hour Issues for Employers

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Featured, Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Wage & Hour

So, by now (Friday morning), your preparations at your workplace should be in full swing.  The latest forecasts this morning call for a landfall on Sunday somewhere along the Connecticut coast (perhaps Bridgeport) with hurricane impacts felt throughout the state. Connecticut has set up some new resources since my post yesterday specifically on Hurricane Irene. … Continue Reading

Hurricane Preparedness for Connecticut Employers: Guidelines to Follow and Remembering the Great Floods of ’55

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

Some of the long-range computer weather models have been forecasting that the next few weeks will become quite active in the tropics. For those on the East Coast and Connecticut, that can only mean one thing: Let the hurricane watching, speculating, and hyperventilating begin. It’s not necessarily a theoretical issue either. Today marks the 55th anniversary… Continue Reading

Watching the Tropics (and Danny): Is Your Workplace Ready for a Hurricane?

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

Tropical Storm Danny (no relation) formed in the Atlantic Ocean late this morning.  It’s still days away from a potential impact on the East Coast but Connecticut IS within the forecasted track’s "cone".  Whether it strengthens to a hurricane and hits Connecticut, or meanders harmlessly into the Atlantic Ocean is for the weather forecasters to… Continue Reading

When a Hurricane Does Hit Connecticut, What Are The Workplace Rules Regarding Storms?

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

As Tropical Storm Fay continues to pound Florida this week, I was recently reminded that it’s been 23 years since Connecticut suffered a direct hit from a Hurricane — the infamous Hurricane Gloria.  No worries then for Connecticut, right? Wrong. Connecticut has been hit by several tropical storms since then – just like Fay — and… Continue Reading