Before the pandemic (remember then?), you may recall a case last year that drew headlines: Chip’s Family Restaurants was having issues with a class action lawsuit filed against the small chain by allegedly improperly deducting a tip credit from server earnings thereby paying those potential class members below the minimum wage for the performance of
Late last week, Governor Lamont announced plans to move into the long-awaited plan to reopening businesses in Phase 3.
The exact timing is still to be worked out but the target date is October 8, 2020.
Phase 3 will ease some of the capacity limits but we’re still awaiting details in specific sector rules that
You may recall that back in December 2019 (doesn’t that seem like so long ago?), the General Assembly and Governor Lamont fashioned a compromise on so-called “dual duties” legislation.
The bill required the Department of Labor to revisit a 1950 regulation that has been interpreted by some as requiring time that a server spends
If you recall way back in March, Governor Ned Lamont declared a civil preparedness and public health emergency which granted his office broad powers. Those powers have been seen with various Executive Orders that have followed.
That declaration was set to expire today, September 9th.
However, a few days ago, the Governor issued a new
Way back in April, the state first instituted a mandatory mask and face covering rule under Executive Order 7BB.
On Friday, the state updated it in Executive Order 7NNN by requiring medical documentation in order to be exempt. Here’s all that you need to know on the changes.
The new rule states: “Effective immediately, any
You may have noticed that this blog has been a little quiet of late. Like a lot of people, I’m pretty sure that after four months of non-stop pandemic-related employment law work, I had reached a breaking point.
And so I took vacation last week. Of course, like a lot of you, we didn’t go
Over the weekend, Governor Ned Lamont issued the latest batch of rules for businesses that can reopen on June 17th. You can find them all here.
The rules are, in many ways, a natural extension of the rules for essential and Phase One businesses.
For example, businesses that open will do so at the state’s
Let the mini-golf begin.
As I noted in an earlier post, Executive Order 7PP allows for outdoor recreation businesses to reopen subject to rules that were to be promulgated by the DECD.
Those rules have now been released and overall, they’re pretty consistent with the rules we’ve seen for offices, outdoor museums/zoos, and outdoor dining
Last night, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7PP which, for the most part, confirms what many of us have been expecting for the last week or so. As I’ve said before, the first round of reopening businesses remains on track for tomorrow (May 20th) but there have been more tweaks over the last day
If you told me in January that I’d spend a week in May: