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Connecticut Part of New Governmental Pact on Employee Misclassificiation

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Highlight, Laws and Regulations, Wage & Hour

With all the publicity about paid sick leave (effective January 1, 2012 — you’re ready, right?), it’s important not to forget that there are plenty of other employment laws that employers have to consider. Over the last few years, there’s been more agency enforcement centered around employee misclassification — that is treating “real” employees as… Continue Reading

The Year of Worker Misclassification Continues; Additional Penalties Being Proposed

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

Earlier this week, I noted that a key legislative committee had approved a bill that would increase penalties for misclassification of workers as independent contractors.  Yesterday, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal gave some more details to those changes in a press conference in announcing the recommendations of the Joint Enforcement Commission on Employee Misclassification “A crackdown… Continue Reading

Connecticut Legislative Update: 15-Year-Old Worker Bill Passes, Jurors Get Expanded Protection for Jury Duty

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments

I realize this blog has been a little top heavy of late with legislative developments, but it always seems that a whole year’s worth of developments occur within a 2-3 week period at the end of the short General Assembly session. With this year’s session scheduled to close at the end of the day on… Continue Reading

Connecticut House Has Yet to Approve Bill Allowing 15-Year-Old Workers

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

With just a few days to go, the list of pending bills in both the state Senate and House continues to grow.  But it is worth updating readers on one uncontroversial employment law bill that passed the Senate over a month ago that remains pending.  Specifically, Senate Bill 216 would renew a labor law that permitted 15-year-olds to work… Continue Reading

FMLA Waivers – Supreme Court Inches Closer to Deciding Whether Workers May Settle FMLA Claims With Employers

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations, Litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court this morning asked the government for its views on whether workers may settle Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims with their employers.  The SCOTUS Blog has the details: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. Solicitor General for the government’s view on whether workers may settle with their employers… Continue Reading