Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn't Know Existed Archives - Berchem Moses PC

Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed – Virtually Every Employer Engages in Electronic Monitoring, But Did You Notify Your Employees?

July 14, 2014

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 […]

Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed – Requirements for Safeguarding Social Security Numbers and Other Private Information

July 2, 2014

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 […]

Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed – The New Provision Affecting All Evaluation Forms and Disciplinary Notices and Other Personnel File Issues

June 12, 2014

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 […]

Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed – Why Your Payroll Deductions are Probably Illegal . . . and How to Fix Them

June 3, 2014

This is Part 3 in a 6-part series on Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed. Any time you are having employees pay you – whether through a payroll deduction or by having the employee pay you directly – you are walking into a legal minefield. Deductions are typically allowed only when there is some benefit being provided to […]

Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed – Employment Terms You Need To Put In Writing

May 27, 2014

This is Part 2 in a 6-part series on Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed Many employers are unaware of a Connecticut employment law essentially requiring offer letters. Employers must, at the time of hiring, advise employees as to their rate of pay, hours of employment, and wage payment schedule. The statute also requires employers to […]

Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed – Why Your Bi-Weekly Payroll is Probably Illegal . . . and How to Fix It

May 15, 2014

This is Part 1 in a 6-part series on Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed. Do you pay your employees at least weekly? If you answered no, you are in good company. Bi-weekly pay (paying employees every two weeks) is probably the most common choice of pay frequency. However, a quirky feature of Connecticut’s wage payment […]

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