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

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

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 – Why Your Payroll Deductions are Probably Illegal . . . and How to Fix Them

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

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 […]

Labor Law Posters – The Perils of Too Few or Too Many

Labor Law Posters – The Perils of Too Few or Too Many

Every employer in the United States must post at least some labor law notices.  Many state and federal employment laws come with such a requirement.  While different posters are needed for different situations (for example, based on the employer’s size or industry), no employer is exempt from posting at all.  It may be obvious that […]

Obama and Labor Secretary are working to Overhaul Overtime Rules for Exempt Employees

Obama and Labor Secretary are working to Overhaul Overtime Rules for Exempt Employees

A recent speech by Labor Secretary Thomas Perez at the IAFF conference provided some details about the changes to the managerial exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  Significantly, Secretary Perez reiterated that the current salary threshold of $455 is inadequate and that the primary duties test creates an employer friendly “loophole” that is used to […]

Connecticut’s Minimum Wage on the Rise Again

Connecticut’s Minimum Wage on the Rise Again

It’s déjà vu for Connecticut employers.  The Connecticut General Assembly and Governor Malloy have approved the second minimum wage hike in less than a year.  Just ten months ago, legislation was passed to increase the minimum wage to $8.70 on January 1, 2014, and $9.00 on January 1, 2015.  The new legislation changes the 2015 […]