I can’t say I saw this one coming. I’ve previously reported on a bill (H.B. 5207) that passed the legislature. That bill restricts the use of background checks for prospective state employees until after job offers have been made. Yesterday, Governor Rell vetoed the measure (H/T CT Mirror). In her veto message, she states that while… Continue Reading
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Gov. Rell Vetoes Several Bills Affecting Employers Including “Green Jobs”, Health Insurance, and “Standard Wage”
Posted in Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments, Wage & HourEarlier this month, Governor M. Jodi Rell vetoed several bills affecting employers — one that has garnered a great deal of publicity and a few that that have not. (The Office of Legislative Research has just released a full list of the vetoed bills here and the summaries of the bill are taken from the… Continue Reading
Election Guide – Part IV – What’s Going to Happen in the Connecticut General Assembly? (And An Invite To Our Seminar)
Posted in Legislative DevelopmentsSo what’s going to happen after the election with various employment law proposals? Well, you’ll have to wait for the election to really see what happen at a federal level. After all, part of it still depends on who is elected to the White House and how many seats the Democrats control in Congress. (If… Continue Reading
General Assembly Overrides Veto on Connecticut Minimum Wage Law
Posted in Laws and Regulations, Legislative DevelopmentsThe Connecticut Senate voted late today to override the veto of the minimum wage bill that was sent to Gov. Rell last month. The vote was 25-9 in the Senate. The vote completes the override process of the minimum wage bill that I discussed here earlier today. Thus, effective January 1, 2009, the minimum wage… Continue Reading
Governor Rell Vetoes Minimum Wage Bill; Override Possible
Posted in Laws and Regulations, Legislative DevelopmentsIn a bit of a surprise (and in a busy day for employment law in Connecticut), Governor Rell vetoed a bill which would have increased the minimum wage to $8/hour starting Jan. 1, 2009 (and $8.25/hour in 2010). The veto to House Bill 5105 (H.B. 5105) also effectively kills Senate Bill 55 (S.B. 55) which dealt with… Continue Reading
FMLA Military Leave – Passed (again) by Congress; President Signing Now Expected
Posted in Laws and RegulationsA couple of weeks after President Bush’s pocket veto of a defense bill that included expansion of FMLA for military leave, Congress has again passed a defense bill with the same FMLA provision. President Bush is now expected to sign the measure because it does not contain certain language that he found objectionable (unrelated to… Continue Reading
Military Leave FMLA May be a Reality Soon
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Legislative DevelopmentsAs I predicted last month, Congress will quickly take up the bill regarding defense spending (which also includes a provision for protected leave for military families) this week, when it opens its 2008 session. The New York Times is reporting this morning that a resolution of the issues which resulted in the President’s pocket veto of the… Continue Reading
Pocket Veto of Expanded FMLA for Military Families — The Followup and Fallout
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Legislative DevelopmentsSince I’m only by a computer for a few minutes this morning — still vacationing — I wanted to just highlight a few points from my brief post yesterday afternoon on the expected veto of the bill that contained the expanded leave for military families. First, if you haven’t done so, you should check out… Continue Reading
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