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
Thursday brought still another busy day of news as increased testing in Connecticut brought a big jump in numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
We’re starting to hear about employers considering furloughing employees instead of simply laying them off.
(Though the numbers of layoffs in Connecticut is over 54,000 — since Friday.)
Recently, the CHRO provided an update on the status of cases at the commission. In a comment to the blog, Charles Krich reported “the ratio of cases closed to cases filed is a bit over 90% during the July 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012 period (3/4 of this fiscal year). In FY 11 the
A new state auditor’s report released this month shows that the CHRO continues to struggle with compliance with statutory timeframes.
The report — which can be downloaded here — shows that from 2007-2009, 56 percent of the cases exceeded the statutory maximum of 370 days. As the report notes, “the longer it takes to make
If there is something that can cause an attorney nightmares, it is the possibility of missed deadlines. Recently, there was an attorney in California who missed a court deadline — BY ONE MINUTE — costing his client over $1 million in legal fees. 
This morning, that nightmare is a reality for the Town of Bloomfield,