As I’ve been going over this week, employers have a lot of new obligations under Connecticut law.
This next one is pretty arcane. (In fact it was on line 12415 of page 408 of the budget implementer bill).
Here’s the new rule:
Effective December 1, 2021 (and annually through December 1, 2024), any
Yesterday I talked about a new law that will impact the hiring process. But there’s another new law that employers need to comply with starting October 1, 2021. This one, though, is simpler than some of the others. If you want to look at the law itself, it’s Public Act 21-69.
The law amends existing
While mandatory vaccination policies are all the rage now, there’s an important new Connecticut law that is a “must-do” for employers here and not much time left to get into compliance.
Effective October 1, 2021, employers are prohibited from failing or refusing to provide a job applicant with the “wage range” of the position for
So yesterday’s post was about being a Miami Hurricane. Today’s? A real-life hurricane/tropical storm (Henri) is making it’s way to Southern New England.
It’s impact here in Connecticut is still very much up in the air as of midday Friday but for employers, this is still another challenge to have to manage.
Thankfully (or not,
Connecticut’s next round of increases for the state’s minimum wage law goes into effect this Sunday, August 1st.
You may recall that the state last increased the minimum wage in September 2020 to $12 per hour.
On Sunday, the rate increases to $13 per hour.
These step increases are due to a law passed in
If you’ve read this blog long enough, you know that certain workers are classified as “exempt” from the overtime requirements. The most well-known of these are the white-collar exemptions of executive, administrative and professional personnel.
But state law has several other categories of exemptions you may never have heard about such as a chief
Editor’s Note: I am taking some time away from the office. In my absence, I thought I would revisit one of my older posts talking about….vacation.
Like many of you, I long for vacations. I like to plan them out in advance and then spend the intervening weeks and months plotting and scheming.
What restaurants
On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order that asked the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to develop new regulations that ban or limit noncompete agreements.
The request has no immediate impact on existing noncompete agreements, but employers should expect new regulations in the coming months.
In the meantime, many questions remain
A new website by Connecticut on cannabis use was announced by Governor Lamont’s administration over the weekend. Unfortunately, it contains an error regarding the cannabis use and the workplace; it highlights the mess that has been created by the General Assembly on the cannabis bill.
Here’s one example.
Over the weekend, the website began
This week, my colleague Sarah Westby and I published a detailed look at the new legal cannabis law in Connecticut and what it means for employers. I’m not going to duplicate the post here but strongly encourage you to read it.
One thing that didn’t make it in the post was strange provision found in