An annual event, the club distributes dictionaries to each third grade public and private school student in Derby and Shelton. Attorney LoMonte, Club Secretary and member of the Board of Directors since 2003 distributing dictionaries to third grades at Booth Hill Elementary School in Shelton.
Connecticut employers need to re-evaluate whether they are covered by the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law based on changes to the statute. Broadly speaking, the law requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to certain employees. Earlier this year, the legislature amended the law in […]
With the start of the 2014-2015 school year upon us, schools routinely post the class assignments in the public domain enabling other students and/or parents access to this information. Many parents have expressed concern that such posting before the first day of class of the student’s name, room number, and the names of the students […]
In a decision issued July 24, 2014, Senior United States District Court Judge Jack Weinstein has authored an opinion proposing a new standard for evaluating whether the IEP of a special education student who has experienced bullying provides that student with a free appropriate public education (FAPE). In T.K. v. New York City Dept. of Educ., […]
Teachers generally enjoy job protection which is much greater than all other public sector employees. Such laws have been much criticized in recent years as a result of the increased focus on student performance. Reports of “rubber rooms” in New York, where incompetent teachers were parked, have been much publicized and much maligned. Some states, […]
This is Part 6 in a 6-part series on Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed. Connecticut’s electronic monitoring law requires public and private employers to give prior notice to employees if their activities will be electronically monitored. Electronic monitoring may take some unexpected forms. For example, your computer systems likely log all Internet activity by employees. This would […]
Berchem Moses PC awarded its 2014 New Opportunities Scholarship to Diana Olivo, a 2014 graduate of Bridgeport’s Warren Harding High School. She will be awarded $5,000 for her college expenses. Also, the law firm has awarded Diandre Clarke, a 2014 graduate of Bridgeport’s Bassick High School, a second place prize of $1,000 for her academic […]
This is Part 5 in a 6-part series on Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed. While not an “employment law” per se, Connecticut requires any private individual or company to take certain precautions to safeguard Social Security numbers and other private information. Violations of these laws are punishable by fines, civil penalties, and even imprisonment. Of course, a […]
While the concept is intuitive, a recent study has confirmed that teacher absenteeism has a direct and measurable impact on student learning. In a report entitled “Roll Call: The Importance of Teacher Attendance” the National Center on Teacher Quality found that teachers miss on average 11 out of 186 days of school; and one in […]
This is Part 4 in a 6-part series on Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed. Have you issued discipline, fired an employee, or even given a written performance evaluation since October 1, 2013? If so, you most likely violated a new provision in Connecticut’s Personnel File statute, which applies to private-sector employers. The new provision requires […]
