UPDATED 5.16.11
We’re just one week away from our seminar on employment law. It’s essentially sold out but we’re still taking names for a waiting list. Those signing up will get first priority when we re-run this program in the fall.
We’re also less than two weeks away from the re-launch of the Connecticut
The Connecticut General Assembly is in full swing with the budget dominating the discussion. But expect to hear of several high-profile bills continuing to make their way through the legislature.
Here is a brief update on a few of them:
If you’re wondering if the applicant you’re planning on hiring is a closet Justin Bieber fan or a Russian spy, odds are that a background check won’t uncover that information.
What is may, uncover, however is whether that applicant has been arrested for say, vomiting on a police officer’s kid at a baseball game
With some notable exceptions, only the bills that make it out of the Labor & Public Employee Committee have a chance for passage in the 2010 General Assembly session. (Of course, some measures get put in as amendments to other bills, but that’s still more of the exception than the rule).
So it’s worth taking
Connecticut state law has long made it plain that the "policy of the state to encourage all employers to give favorable consideration to providing jobs to qualified individuals, including those who may have criminal conviction records." (Conn. Gen. Stat. 46a-79.) 
In a prior post, I’ve discussed how state law does not prohibit private
Criminal background checks have, in many ways, never been easier for employers. The internet has made that process quicker, cheaper and more transparent.
And yet, the question of "when" must employers run a criminal background check remains confusing. There are various laws on the subject but they are in different sections of the law and
Continuing the weekly series of basic (but perhaps not as widely-known) employment laws in Connecticut, this week’s topic focuses on the job application.
Connecticut has an unusual law that prohibits employers from asking about any arrest, criminal charge or conviction that has been erased.
Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-51i goes one step further too. It requires
Without much fanfare, the Connecticut Judicial Branch is now posting criminal conviction records with free access to the public. You can view these records at this link here. It is easy to search and easy to use.
The possibilities in the employment context are deep 
and wide as employers may now seek to review this database