Right before Thanksgiving, we just dropped the first episode of a new season of the podcast that I host — “From Lawyer to Employer”.
Now, I’ll be the first to admit that this podcast is never going to compete with those true crime podcasts out there or even my favorite music ones (I have a
With Paid Sick Leave coming to Connecticut on January 1, 2025, the CTDOL (and, ahem, some lawyers) have been fielding lots of questions from employers and employees about the new law.
As a result, the department has decided to issue two sets of documents that should be of significant help to employers (and their
With the state having just experienced the first heat wave this summer, employers are facing the heat to finish some of their preparations for new laws and regulations that are scheduled to take effect.
Here are three areas to think about:
Earlier this week, Governor Ned Lamont issued a press release supporting Senate Bill 12 which would dramatically expand the scope of the state’s current Paid Sick Leave law.
Currently, Paid Sick Leave is available to “service workers” at certain employers with 50 or more employees. Passed in 2011, the law requires that these workers receive
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