Update: On April 17, 2012, the NLRB announced an indefinite postponement of the rule. See updated post here.
Just when you thought things were settled, a federal court in South Carolina late Friday ruled that the NLRB overstepped its authority when it set forth rules requiring employers to post notices about federal labor laws.
Which
The CHRO — the state agency responsible for investigating discrimination complaints in Connecticut — is going to a time of profound change. But it is also going through a period of stagnation. Where and when things will settle down remains a good question.
Why is it stagnating? Well, the agency has been without Human Rights
On Friday, the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly — by a 28-13 vote — passed Senate Bill 63, this year’s version of the paid sick leave bill. The Capitol Watch blog has full details. The Labor Committee had previously approved the measure last month.
This is the third year in
So, here we are again.
Yesterday, by a 6-4 margin, the Labor & Public Employee’s Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly approved a bill (S.B. 63) that would mandate that employers with 50 or more employees provide five sick days to its workforce. The vote was largely along party lines.
Various blogs and media
One of the latest fads in employment law has become a peculiar side effect of this recession — the increase in the us
e of mandatory furloughs.
What are they? Well, in simple terms, they are orders from an employer to an employee that they take a day (or multiple days) off without pay. In
Earlier this afternoon, the Connecticut House began debate on House Bill 6187 which would mandate that employers provide paid sick leave to employees . You can watch the debate live at CT-N here.
I’ve previously discussed the bill at length in various posts here. The basic measure would require every business of 50