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 […]
A recent article in the New York Times highlighted the issues that arise when employer investigations produce false information and/or confessions. Usually, these situations occur because the person conducting the investigation is employing a technique that is not tailored to the work environment or is using a best practice that is outdated due to changes in […]
Since 1962, employers with a dues checkoff provision in a collective bargaining agreement have been permitted to cease deducting dues from employee paychecks and remitting them to the union upon contract expiration. As of last month, however, employers can no longer relieve themselves of the burden of collecting and remitting dues upon contract expiration. In […]
While both the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and Connecticut law permit an employer to include the reasonable value/cost of lodging provided to an employee as part of such employee’s wages towards the minimum wage, employers need to pay close attention to the differences between federal and state law. Under the FLSA, an employer may […]
As discussed in our previous posts, here and here, Connecticut’s new paid sick leave law went into effect on January 1, 2012. Among its many requirements is an obligation for employers to provide adequate notice of the law to employees. Most employers likely satisfy this requirement by displaying the notice poster created by the Department of Labor. Though […]
The Connecticut Department of Labor (“DOL”) has released guidance concerning Public Act 11-52, the new paid sick leave law. The DOL also released a poster that complies with the law’s notice requirement. Both the guidance document and the poster are available on the DOL’s website The Spanish version of the poster is forthcoming. We provided a […]
