Yesterday on Twitter, a Connecticut legislator posted this:
“There oughta be a law…!” Hey Connecticut, legislators have 5 days to submit ideas for bills. What new laws should the #CTLeg consider?
— Matt Lesser (@MattLesser) January 12, 2015
State Representative Matt Lesser, be careful what you ask for. But since you asked, here’s a
Governor Malloy released his anticipated budget and the changes to the Department of Labor are modest. You can view the whole report (and the DOL portion beginning at 193) here.
Rather than dissect the whole thing, here are a few things that caught my eye:
Can a union president and a former HR Director work together effectively?
We’ll soon find out at the Connecticut Department of Labor.
Governor Dannel Malloy this afternoon selected Glenn Marshall to serve as the new commissioner of the Department of Labor, and picked Dennis Murphy as the agency’s new deputy commissioner.
In a press release issued
With all the talk this week about Title VII and what I would call slightly more "advanced" issues in employment law, it’s always wise to make sure that you, as a
n employer, have the basics down.
One issue, for example, that employers sometimes wonder about but rarely figure out is "What Records Must I Keep
The Connecticut Department of Labor has just posted a form for employers to fill out online regarding their experiences with the use.jpg)
of FMLA for the 2007 calendar year. Filling out this form is required by state regulation for employers who are subject to the Act.
The Department’s website has the details:
If your company employed