When you’re sick with a cold, you end up having some time to read and I came across a recent study of hiring practices of about 100 of the largest companies nationwide.
Published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers sent 80,000 résumés to 10,000 jobs from 2019 to 2021. Ultimately, the authors found
In my last post, I detailed all the changes that were occurring due to the new Clean Slate law that goes into effect January 1, 2023. You might have missed hearing about the law because it passed in 2021 and the deadline seemed far away.
Well it’s here now.
So after you read the
Yesterday I talked about a new law that will impact the hiring process. But there’s another new law that employers need to comply with starting October 1, 2021. This one, though, is simpler than some of the others. If you want to look at the law itself, it’s Public Act 21-69.
The law amends existing
While mandatory vaccination policies are all the rage now, there’s an important new Connecticut law that is a “must-do” for employers here and not much time left to get into compliance.
Effective October 1, 2021, employers are prohibited from failing or refusing to provide a job applicant with the “wage range” of the position for
Continuing my deeper dive this week into new laws from the General Assembly, today’s post tackles Public Act 21-69, which goes into effect October 1, 2021.
The law amends existing law by making it a discriminatory practice for an employer or an employer’s agent to request or require an applicant provide their:
Yesterday, my colleague Peter Murphy and I set out to write a summary of one of Connecticut’s quiet success stories during this pandemic — the Shared Work program from the Connecticut Department of Labor.
You can find the entire article here.
What is this little program that has served an outsized role the last few
The EEOC has long advised that asking about date of birth on job applications was a particularly bad idea.
The ADEA does not explicitly prohibit an employer from asking an applicant’s age or date of birth. However, such inquiries may deter older workers from applying for employment or may otherwise indicate possible intent to discriminate
An applicant for a job posting in education lists his most recent relevant experience as occurring in 1973. You don’t bring him in for an interview.
Is it gender discrimination?
Beyond that, if he says that he is the most qualified candidate — do you have to hire him?
And if you don’t hire the
It’s a challenge for employers to keep up with changes to employment laws. What’s the current status? What do I need to change?
So, here are four quick things you can look at right now to ensure that you are up to compliance in Connecticut.
Remember “Ban the Box” and the fair chance employment bill from earlier in the session?
Well, it passed last night. Sort of.
An amendment to the original bill essentially wiped the prior version clean. Thus, whatever you think you knew about the measure you can put that aside.