With Paid Sick Leave coming to Connecticut on January 1, 2025, the CTDOL (and, ahem, some lawyers) have been fielding lots of questions from employers and employees about the new law.
As a result, the department has decided to issue two sets of documents that should be of significant help to employers (and their
On Friday, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a controversial decision to vacate the Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 overtime rule, months after it went into effect. The decision will generate considerable confusion regarding the white collar exemption because the court’s decision (as of now) bars the application of
In a pair of closely watched decisions, the Connecticut Appellate Court recently affirmed the lower court’s judgments in two related cases, finding that the use of “recent college graduates” or “recent graduate” in job postings did not constitute age discrimination per se.
In the cases, (CHRO v. Travelers and CHRO v. Yale Universit
With the election over, employers in Connecticut now have to sort out what type of changes can be expected in a new Trump administration.
Much remains unclear. While there has been much talk about Project 2025, a book published by the Heritage Foundation, as fueling policy proposals, it’s entirely unclear how much will be
Election Day is nearly upon us.
And with early voting in Connecticut, more people have already voted than you might think.
Still, on Tuesday our fellow citizens will take to the polls from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to vote for their favorite candidate.
Here in Connecticut, the question that arises is: Do employers need
Most people look forward to holidays. But for employment law attorneys, the two days I scratch my head over are Valentine’s Day and Halloween.
Of course, I can’t say these aren’t real “holidays” because nearly everyone celebrates them even if they aren’t days off.
But as I’ve highlighted on this blog before, these holidays do
Recently, my colleague Julie Fay and I penned an article for the National Business Officers Association (which represents independent schools) for their national publication “Net Assets Now”. We focused on how schools can address free speech in the context of independent schools.
In the current political climate, independent schools face complex questions about free speech
Connecticut’s updated Paid Sick Leave becomes effective January 1, 2025 and now is the time for most employers to update their policies and procedures. I’ve previously written about it here so I thought for this article, I’d focus on the key aspects of what employers need to know right now.
Here are the key points:
Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Law360 about developments regarding “safe” leave laws.
As long-time readers of this blog now, Connecticut passed its family violence leave law back in 2010.
The law prohibits an employer from terminating, penalizing, threatening, or otherwise coercing an employee with respect to his or her employment because
As I noted a while back, the inflation that the nation observed in 2023 was likely going to have a substantial impact on the state’s minimum wage.
The law, which connects the state minimum wage to changes in the federal employment cost index (ECI), was originally passed in 2019 when inflation wasn’t of major concern.