When no one is working, no one needs to get paid leave.
But as the workforce starts returning, smaller businesses — particularly those will less than 50 employees — are starting to feel the impact of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
That law created two new paid leave provisions — the EPSLA and
Earlier this week, as I peeked up from my bed covers, I heard the lovely, comforting sound I heard when I was a kid.
“Come on Down!”
“The Price is Right” was starting.
Sure, Bob Barker is no longer the host, but I didn’t care.
At that moment, when my stomach was churning and the
As Connecticut employers of a certain size know, Connecticut implemented Paid Sick Leave recently which affords employees up to five days off a year. Now, federal contractors (including those in Connecticut) have another layer to deal with. As my colleague Ashley Marshall explains below, paid sick leave will now be a requirement later this
Somewhat quietly (at least to me), the Connecticut Department of Labor has issued updated guidance regarding compliance with the state’s Paid Sick Leave law.
But employers who have been following the developments in this area — namely the changes to the law by the legislature — won’t be surprised much by the minor changes that
In the hours before the General Assembly’s 2014 session closed, there were a number of bills being watched by employers. I’ll have an additional recap of the session in the days ahead, but one bill that passed on Wednesday night made a number of small, but important, changes to the state’s Paid Sick Leave
One of the things that law school teaches you is to read the definitions of words in any new law that is passed. Why? Because a word like “employer” may be defined differently than what you would expect.
That’s a hard concept for real employers
Yesterday, I discussed the carryover rule that requires employers to allow service workers to carry over up to five days of paid sick leave each year.
But a loyal blog reader posed the following question to me: Suppose you are
We continue with our series of posts (see prior posts here, here, here, and here) on the new Paid Sick Leave Guidance issued by the Connecticut Department of Labor earlier this month. Today’s post focuses on the “carryover” rules.
Another issue that the Paid Sick Leave addresses is the “carryover” rules —
Last week, I touched on a few aspects of the new Paid Sick Leave Guidance that was released by the Connecticut Department of Labor. (For prior posts, see here, here and here.) Today, I continue to discuss the guidance with a look at when service workers can start using accumulated paid sick leave.
This is the second in a series of posts on the new Paid Sick Leave Guidance from the Connecticut Department of Labor.
Back in June, I discussed who is a “service worker” under the new Paid Sick Leave law. It is a detailed list that includes butchers and bakers but not candlestick makers.
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