The snow may have stalled work in the state for a few days, but the Connecticut General Assembly is now in full swing with bills now being discussed and debated.
So far, the list of bills filed before the Labor & Public Employee Committee is small but that is expected to grow soon with bills
The General Assembly finished its business for 2012 last night and although there was a last minute flurry of legislation, several bills that had been tracked by many employers came up short.
The General Assembly is always full of surprises. It’s the busy season for the Connecticut legislature and a number of employment-law related proposals are still “alive”.
(I use “alive” in the generic sense because the bills have merely passed committee; whether they will end up getting voted on is an entirely different question. For further
The Labor & Public Employee Committee on Thursday voted 8-3 in favor of a minimum wage hike that was less than originally proposed.
The revised bill would raise the minimum wage by 50 cents at the start of the next two years, with future raises automatically tied to the consumer price index.
But before you
After being reported out of the Joint Committee on Commerce earlier this month, Senate Bill 79 received a joint favorable vote from the Labor & Public Employee Committee earlier today meaning that bill stays alive in this legislative session.
Senate Bill 79, even as revised, would prohibit employers from discriminating against an individual because
And all of a sudden, things just got very busy at the Connecticut General Assembly.
On Tuesday, several labor & employment law bills are up for discussion and debate at a public hearing scheduled at 2 p.m. (details here). One of the bills is the newest hot topic — the House version of the
Two bills were introduced in the Connecticut legislature last week that would ban discrimination against individuals who are unemployed. Section 8 of Senate Bill 1 and Senate Bill 79 are identical in their provisions. They would apply to nearly all employers in the state.
The proposals would amend Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 46a-60(a)(6) to prohibit