The 2023 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly, which concluded on June 7, 2023, was not as groundbreaking as other recent legislative sessions, Many far-reaching bills that emerged from committee were not...more
6/19/2023
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Employee Benefits ,
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Labor Disputes ,
Labor Reform ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here...more
4/19/2023
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Labor Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
Public Employees ,
Public Employers ,
Ridesharing ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage Theft
We had originally written about employment-related legislation from the 2022 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly in the aftermath of the conclusion of the session. The Aftermath: Developments from the 2022...more
8/18/2022
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Connecticut ,
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Free Speech ,
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Labor Reform ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Public Acts ,
Retirement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Voting Rights ,
Wage and Hour
The 2022 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly concluded on May 4, 2022. While not as groundbreaking as the two last full legislative sessions, and while many far-reaching bills that emerged from committee were...more
6/22/2022
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Domestic Violence ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Free Speech ,
General Assembly ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Pending Legislation ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour
At its March 10, 2022 meeting, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a brief summary of the bills that the Committee voted favorably on and...more
3/16/2022
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Connecticut ,
Employee Benefits ,
General Assembly ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Layoffs ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pensions ,
Public Employees ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workers Compensation Awards
The 2021 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly concluded on June 9, 2021, and this office provided a summary of relevant employment related legislation. Subsequently, a “Special Session” took place and...more
7/23/2021
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Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
General Assembly ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Layoffs ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Public Sector Unions ,
Recreational Use ,
Right of Recall ,
Salaried Employees ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
RELIANCE UPON PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORDS BY EMPLOYERS: H.B. No. 6474 (“An Act Concerning Collateral Employment Consequences Of A Criminal Record”) would, among other things, prohibit all employers from denying employment on the...more
5/3/2021
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Criminal Background Checks ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
General Assembly ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Public Sector Unions ,
Recreational Use ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Work Schedules
Following its initial action; https://workingtogether.pullcomblog.com/archives/latest-developments-from-the-connecticut-general-assembly-the-labor-and-public-employees-committee-begins-to-speak-3/; the General Assembly’s...more
4/26/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Essential Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
Layoffs ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Masks ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Remote Working ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Safety
On February 5, 2020, the 2020 session of the Connecticut General Assembly began. The session is scheduled to adjourn on May 6, 2020. Numerous proposed bills affecting Connecticut employers and employees will be unleashed...more
2/18/2020
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ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Attendance ,
Criminal Records ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Contract ,
General Assembly ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Regulations ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
On-Call Employees ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
We are approaching a time of year where a board of education may have to deal with its long time and (hopefully) beloved superintendent deciding to retire or otherwise move on to another chapter in his or her life. Any...more
The 2018 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly passed bills that, among other things: (1) revise the Student Data Privacy Act; (2) address budgetary issues stemming from attempts at reducing and rescinding...more
8/3/2018
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Data Privacy ,
Disabled Children ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
FOIA ,
Food Allergies ,
General Assembly ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Grants ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mobile Devices ,
Natural Disasters ,
New Legislation ,
Public Employers ,
Public Health ,
Public Schools ,
Puerto Rico ,
Right to Privacy ,
Risk Assessment ,
Safety Standards ,
Special Education ,
State and Local Government ,
State Budgets ,
Students ,
Teachers
Firing an employee does not usually make national headlines, but the recent firing of FBI Director James Comey by President Donald Trump was a notable exception. The headlines continued when President Trump appeared to offer...more
We earlier had written on Working Together about the proposed bills that the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee voted favorably on and advanced out of committee at its February 21, 2017 and March 2, 2017...more
At its February 21, 2017 and March 2, 2017 meetings, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a listing (with a brief description) of the proposed...more
3/13/2017
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Arbitration ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
General Assembly ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mediation ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Pay Equity Act (PEA) ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Public Employees ,
Unemployment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Injury
The 2016 session of the Connecticut General Assembly has just concluded, along with subsequent “special sessions.” Most prominently from an employment law standpoint, the General Assembly passed (and the Governor signed)...more
6/13/2016
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Criminal Records ,
Fair Chance Act ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
General Assembly ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Disputes ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Military Service Members ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Payroll Cards ,
Physicians ,
Private Sector ,
Retirement Plan ,
Unemployment Compensation System ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers' Compensation Defense
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee will conduct a public hearing on the following proposed bills...more
In the world of labor arbitration, common sense sometimes takes a holiday. Fortunately, a Superior Court judge recently overturned an arbitrator’s attempt at second guessing an employer’s response to serious misconduct...more
School districts usually deny requests to view school video recordings, such as security tapes, in light of concerns about the privacy rights of students featured on these recordings. In a recent decision, the Freedom of...more
11/13/2014
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Employer Liability Issues ,
FOIA ,
FOIC ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Media ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Schools ,
School Districts ,
Students ,
Video Recordings
A typical part of a contentious employment termination matter is the inevitable unemployment compensation claim. While a multiplicity of claims may emanate from the ugliness of job separation, the Connecticut courts...more
When entering into contacts with vendors, school districts hope that 1) the vendor will comply with the law, and 2) in any event, the vendor will be responsible for its own employment-related disputes. In Varley v. Regional...more
Lawyers like to believe that arbitration decisions concerning employee discipline should be made in accordance with the law and the applicable collective bargaining agreement, not solely by an arbitrator’s personal notions of...more
Connecticut’s unemployment compensation statutes disqualify individuals from eligibility for benefits for certain misconduct, such as “willful misconduct in the course of employment.” A recent court case notes that the...more