It’s the end of the year.
Which means, for the foreseeable future, employers need to be mindful of the automatic increase to the state’s minimum wage which goes into effect on January 1, 2025.
Currently, the rate is $15.69. However, it goes up to $16.35 on Wednesday.
Why?
Connecticut’s minimum wage law, which connects the
As I noted a while back, the inflation that the nation observed in 2023 was likely going to have a substantial impact on the state’s minimum wage.
The law, which connects the state minimum wage to changes in the federal employment cost index (ECI), was originally passed in 2019 when inflation wasn’t of major concern.
Back in June, when the state minimum wage increased to $15 an hour, I warned that because the minimum wage was now tied to the employment cost index for wages and salaries for all civilian workers — as defined by the United States Department of Labor — it was likely to go up effective January
If you’re like me, your brain can only handle so much during the summer months. Between vacations and the start of school, it can be easy to overlook some of the employment law developments from the last month or two. So I thought I’d use the next few blog posts to provide a catch up.
While all eyes are on the General Assembly for the developments for this year, we’re still dealing with a law passed several years ago raising the minimum wage.
Effective June 1, 2023, the minimum wage is now at $15 per hour.
Public Act 19-4 requires the minimum wage to increase five times over a five-year
It’s easy during this pandemic to forget about the other laws that are coming into play this year and next. Paid FMLA is going to be big.
But for now, employer have another one to consider: the minimum wage increase.
Last year, the General Assembly passed (and the Governor signed) a significant increase to the
Earlier this morning (Friday, May 17th), the state Senate approved of a measure that will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2023.
House Bill 5004 (as amended) can be downloaded here.
The bill had previously passed the House and now moves to the Governor’s office where he is expected to sign
As part of my continuing series of posts about the CHRO, and following up from the 75th Anniversary panel discussion earlier this week, I wanted to provide an early look of the statistics that are soon to be released by the agency.
I was provided a preliminary draft in preparation for the panel presentation; it
So a few weeks back, I suggested that we were entering into a new era of sexual harassment cases and wondered out loud when the statistics would back up my observations.
We now have our first signs. Maybe.
In my exclusive continued look at the case statistics from the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and
At this week’s CHRO information session, I was able to review the new statistics released by the CHRO this fall regarding case filings and dismissals.
They’ve now been posted live on the CHRO’s website here.
It’s something I’ve covered each year and I’m always fascinated by what these statistics show — and don’t show.