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.
October is one of my favorite times of the year. (And no, not just because of the Pumpkin-flavored coffee/donuts/muffins at Dunkin, though that certainly helps). But for the last several years, our firm has been producing our Fall Webinar series.
And this year is no exception.
In our complimentary four-part webinar series (register here
Fall is typically the time that employers start to think about insurance renewals and keeping employee healthcare costs under control. I had a recent conversation with Kyle Anderson, Director of Business Development at Goodroot about it and asked if we could take some of that conversation online to hopefully share some insights into how companies
In past posts, I’ve talked about bereavement leaves and the passing of notable individuals, but one topic that I’ve not written about before is the death of a co-worker.
That changes today, unfortunately.
Last Wednesday, we lost one of our beloved co-workers, David Deresienski, who was Shipman & Goodwin’s Senior Director of Human Resources.
For many months, I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that we had a long way to go before the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements would take effect.
Earlier today, a federal judge in Texas issued her long awaited decision imposing a nationwide injunction on the rule.
She held that the agency did not have
This week, the Hartford Business Journal has a cover piece on the rise of remote work and the issues surrounding it.
For some unknown reason, they decided to put a picture of me on the cover too. Obviously, they’re playing to their subscribers and not selling most of their papers at newsstands (note to my
Long time readers of this blog know how geeky I can be when it comes to the annual report statistics released by the CHRO. Back in 2022, for example, I noted the continued decline in cases filed with the state agency that is responsible for investigating discrimination claims. (I also called myself a “stat nerd”
For those of you that haven’t read the 91-page primary decision last Tuesday from the Connecticut Supreme Court in Dur-A-Flex, Inc. v. Dy, there’s a lot to unpack from an enforcement of trade secret perspective, which goes a bit beyond the scope of this blog.
But buried deep in the decision is an interesting
In a significant legal development, a Texas federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule that bans noncompete agreements. This ruling is in response to a challenge by tax preparation company Ryan LLC and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The court’s decision puts a temporary hold on the rule
It’s not often that we have to provide day-to-day updates on the status of the United States Department of Labor rule that raises salary thresholds for overtime exemptions, but here we are.
My colleague, Sarah Westby, posted an update yesterday on a major case from Texas in which the state challenged the rule. Late last