Twas the day before the night before Christmas
And all thru the law office
Not a creature was stirring
Except the employment lawyers reading the new Congressional Omnibus spending bill and looking for the employment law provisions tucked neatly inside.
In a parting gift for employers and employees, Congress passed a broad spending bill on
The Connecticut Department of Labor has issued non-binding “guidance” on the state’s new “wage range” law. You can access it here.
The guidance is helpful in some ways but confusing in others. Importantly, employers should take the caveats noted in the guidance seriously; as it notes, this guidance “does not constitute legal advice”. Moreover, “if
The news this week is both positive and negative regarding the COVID-19 virus. The testing numbers on Tuesday in Connecticut were as bad as they’ve been since Spring 2020. If the virus isn’t everywhere, it sure feels that way.
But, on the vaccine front, the news is positive. We are moving this week to
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced significant new changes to its regulations regarding who is a “domestic worker” and therefore subject to the coverage of the federal laws regarding overtime and the like.
The changes were, in many ways, expected. But the scope of the coverage — expanding it to nearly two million more
While the blog takes a few days off, my colleague Mick Lavelle has this update on a notable Connecticut case.
Accidents and injuries are unfortunately a fact of life in the workplace, especially on industrial or construction sites. But there are rarely any personal injury lawsuits by employees against their employers.
That is because long ago, workers
A quick update on the Mortgage Lenders Network matter I’ve covered a few times before (here and here.)
Earlier this month, a Delaware bankruptcy court approved of a $2.7 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 1600 employees, many of whom worked in Connecticut.
The settlement, first reported
Last week, I talked about a push by some state politicians to encourage more telecommuting and perhaps four-day work weeks among state workers. The Connecticut House Republicans have even discussed it on their blog, House Rules. The union representing state workers has also discussed the proposals in detail on its blog as well.
At long last, Governor Rell has signed a bill this week that I’ve reported on lots before that allows 15-year-olds to once again work in grocery stores and some other limited capacity roles. The law, which is effective immediately, also retroactively makes legal
any 15-year-olds that have been working in the stores since the previous