Earlier today, the General Assembly gave final approval to two significant workplace bills that employers now need to focus on.

I covered the first bill earlier this week in a post here which has provisions regarding restrictions on repayment of training.costs, notices for accommodations, and clear disclosures of wage ranges.

In this post, I’ll cover

The Connecticut House yesterday passed HB 5003, a sweeping workforce and working-conditions bill, and transmitted it to the Senate where it awaits a vote; employers should begin planning for compliance now given the breadth of changes and staggered effective dates.

In short, the bill tightens and expands wage range transparency obligations, requires new job

Last week, a story caught my eye and the attention of some of my colleagues.  As reported first by Bloomberg BNA, IBM has stopped providing the comparison information that is typically required in separation agreements for older workers under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act.

You may be wondering how that is possible.  Robin