Yesterday, I made a return appearance on This Week in Connecticut with Dennis House to discuss mandatory vaccination policies. (My thanks to Dennis for the invite back.)
If you’ve been following the topic, there isn’t a lot new the last few weeks but here’s what employers should know right now about them:
On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order that asked the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to develop new regulations that ban or limit noncompete agreements.
The request has no immediate impact on existing noncompete agreements, but employers should expect new regulations in the coming months.
In the meantime, many questions remain
Did you like Executive Order 12 which set forth a new mask rule in Connecticut? Well, I hope you didn’t get used to it because it changed again on Thursday.
Executive Order 12A tweaks the prior rule.
It provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue a rule setting forth a comprehensive list of
On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Lamont issued new Executive Order 12 updating the mask guidance that the state has been operating under since way back in Executive Order 7NNN on August 14, 2020 (and Executive Order 7BB on April 17, 2020 before that). The new guidance skews closer to the CDC guidance that we talked about
Did you hear the one about the two employment lawyers who walked into a Zoom?
If you know of a good punch line, then you may have figured out that the answer is actually a link: Employment law attorney Eric Meyer (who writes the always topical blog Employer Handbook) and I have a lunchtime
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
You may recall that President Trump issued a memorandum earlier in August 2020 directing the Treasury Secretary to defer the withholding, despite and payment of the employee portion of social security tax for certain employees.
On Friday, the Secretary released a new notice on that point; however, as my colleagues explain in a new post
Is the pandemic over yet?
Obviously, the answer is no. While Connecticut’s numbers have diminished significantly, other states are continuing to spike.
Thus, yesterday, Governor Lamont issued new Executive Order No. 7BBB mandating that visitors from certain states with high numbers of cases to self-quarantine. My colleague Jarad Lucan and I have a full update
As employers start to return employees to the physical workplace, new issues keep arising daily. Here’s a common scenario:
Employee X has been on furlough since late March and collecting more on unemployment than if he had been employed, thanks to the extra $600 weekly payment.
Employer now asks Employee to return to work. Although
You read the Sector Rules for reopening offices in Connecticut.
If you read page 5, you’d come across one of the guiding principles for reopening:
As we start opening select businesses…we will open at our strictest controls. This will include…Those in high-risk groups (comorbidities) and over the age of 65 should continue to stay