The General Assembly finished its business for 2012 last night and although there was a last minute flurry of legislation, several bills that had been tracked by many employers came up short.
As the legislative session winds down, there’s one big issue still alive that has been passing mostly under the radar of the mainstream press. (To the CBIA’s credit, they’ve been tracking this bill for a while.)
Under current law, an employee has the right to inspect and receive a copy of his or her personnel
The General Assembly is always full of surprises. It’s the busy season for the Connecticut legislature and a number of employment-law related proposals are still “alive”.
(I use “alive” in the generic sense because the bills have merely passed committee; whether they will end up getting voted on is an entirely different question. For further
The Labor & Public Employee Committee on Thursday voted 8-3 in favor of a minimum wage hike that was less than originally proposed.
The revised bill would raise the minimum wage by 50 cents at the start of the next two years, with future raises automatically tied to the consumer price index.
But before you
The new legislative session at the Connecticut General Assemblybegan last week and the Labor & Public Employee Committee wasted no time setting an agenda for bills for discussion in this short legislative session.
At a committee meeting last Thursday, the Committee discussed a variety of
With the start of October, employers in Connecticut now have to deal with a whole series of new laws that became effective October 1, 2011. I’ve covered each of them before in various posts here.
But you may have missed them. Now’s the time to update your handbook and policies to address these changes. They
Last week, the General Assembly approved of reduced penalties for people caught with relatively small amounts of marijuana in their possession. Notice the use in the title of the word “decriminalize”; that is a different term than “legalize”.
This raises the obvious question: Can employers
With all the talk about Paid Sick Leave dominating the headlines, it’s important to remember that other bills get passed too.
Quietly, late last month, the Connecticut General Assembly beefed up the penalties to employers who do not follow the Personnel Files Act.
In the last flurry of action, the Connecticut House last night approved Senate Bill 361, which bans the use of credit reports in hiring and promotions, in certain situations by certain employers. The bill had previously been approved by the state Senate.
I recapped the bill in detail a few days ago. There are
Early Saturday morning, the Connecticut General Assembly passed two bills that will have a significant impact on employers in Connecticut. Both bills now need to be signed by the Governor (who has indicated he will sign them).
First, the Senate passed House Bill 6599, which adds “gender identity or expression” as a new protected