While mandatory vaccination policies are all the rage now, there’s an important new Connecticut law that is a “must-do” for employers here and not much time left to get into compliance.
Effective October 1, 2021, employers are prohibited from failing or refusing to provide a job applicant with the “wage range” of the position for
Back in law school, I submitted a letter and resume for a summer internship at a Chicago lawfirm. (We did this via letters back then. Ask your parents.)
Imagine my surprise when a week or so later I received a letter offering me a position at the law firm. No long interview sessions. And, well,
Are you one of those people who thinks two is better than one? I know I am.
So, with that in mind, I’m pleased to announce that my lawfirm, Shipman & Goodwin has launched a new labor & employment law blog called “Employment Law Letter”. The firm’s blog is an extension of the firm’s long-standing
A while back, I had a good discussion with a colleague on a topic with no real firm answers.
No, it wasn’t on whether the Yankees are better franchise than the Red Sox. The answer to that is unequivocally yes. (Sorry, Sox fans.)
Rather: When is a employee-related issue a legal one? Or alternatively, when
Picture this scenario:
You come into your office one morning to learn that an employee has filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claiming that you failed to accommodate his disability reasonably and then terminated his employment because of his disability.
As if that isn’t challenging enough, many months afterwards,
My colleagues at Shipman & Goodwin have, for a lot longer than I have been doing this blog, have been producing the Employment Law Letter recapping some stories you might have missed over each quarter or so.
This week, a new newsletter was released and it touches on several topics of interest.
In catching up over some interesting employment law cases from 2015, I came across Lennon v. Dolce Vida Medical Spa (download here). You would be forgiven if you missed it because it’s an unreported Superior Court decision on a seemingly-technical issue.
But, if followed by other courts, it has a notable twist.
First, the
It appears that for the second year in a row, Connecticut employers will not be able to take advantage of a cost-saving opportunity as a result of inaction by the Connecticut Department of Labor.
In two letters to the Connecticut Department of Labor by the CBIA and the Republican leadership, the details of the
While the temperature hasn’t felt like summer in Connecticut the last few days, judging by the traffic this morning, there are lots of you on vacation this week.
If you’re one of the (un)lucky ones working this week, perhaps you have a few extra minutes to tackle some projects that have been on the back