Yesterday, I tackled the bills floating around the Senate-side of the Connecticut General Assembly, In today’s post, let’s look at the House side to see what bills are under consideration there:
The results are in: The General Assembly and the Governor’s office have been caught up in the Blue Wave in this state. Instead of a split, the Democratic party will control a sizable majority in both houses and the Governor’s Office.
But with Governor-Elect Ned Lamont coming from a business-side perspective and touting the
Trying to follow both state and federal wage and hour laws isn’t that hard.
But it isn’t that easy either.
Let’s say you’re a restaurant with a waitstaff. Like most restaurants nowadays, your customers pay by credit card and you, the employer, have to pay the credit card company a percentage on each sale.
You
Well, the Connecticut General Assembly ended earlier this week and, as predicted, it ended with a whimper and not a bang. Many employment law proposals failed to receive votes, including those on minimum wage and Paid FMLA, leaving many employers (and the CBIA) breathing a bit of a sigh of relief.
I’ve previously recapped
The Connecticut Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision that will be officially released April 4, 2017, has ruled that employers may not use the “tip credit” for pizza delivery drivers and therefore, the employees must be paid the standard minimum wage.
You can download the decision in Amaral Brothers, Inc. v. Department of Labor here.
It’s a challenge for employers to keep up with changes to employment laws. What’s the current status? What do I need to change?
So, here are four quick things you can look at right now to ensure that you are up to compliance in Connecticut.
For yet another year, Connecticut’s minimum wage is on the increase.
Effective January 1, 2016, the Connecticut minimum wage will be raised to $9.60 per hour effective January 1, 2016.
Although the federal minimum wage is $7.25, Connecticut employers must pay the higher rate under state
The Connecticut General Assembly is winding down in the next eight days, but not before some very significant legislation gets a thumbs up or down.
As discussed before, the legislature has already passed a bill expanding an employee’s online privacy interests. That bill was signed by the governor on May 19th. It goes into
When I made predictions/wishes for 2015 at the end of last year, I offered up one on what the Connecticut General Assembly might do:
My Prediction: We’ll see a new rule or two, but with all the mandates that have been passed in the last four years, I expect there to be more bluster
On New Year’s Day, I had the opportunity to launch model rockets with my son on a gorgeous (but very cold) day.
As it turns out, it was also a windy day. We discovered this through launching two rockets super high — only to see them carried away deep into the woods a mile away.