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How Businesses Can Comply with COVID-19 Executive Orders

By the end of March 2021, more than 1.7 million doses of vaccine had been administered in Connecticut. Governor Ned Lamont, encouraged by the progress of the vaccine, has recently Read More

Connecticut Adopts CROWN Act, Banning Hairstyle-Based Discrimination in the Workplace

Following a multistate trend, Connecticut has enacted a law forbidding discrimination against employees and job applicants who have hairstyles commonly associated with race. The CROWN Act (short for “An Act Read More

Travel Risks in the Age of COVID

A winter coronavirus surge is hitting many parts of the country, spurred in part by holiday gatherings that became spreader events. In Connecticut, we have averaged between 2,000 and 3,000 Read More

COVID-19 & WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS

  In prior blogs I have written about employee rights as they relate to Workers’ Compensation benefits for on the job injuries (READ MORE), as well as claims for retaliation as Read More

GRIEVANCE: RINALDI ET AL ADV. STAMFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL

IN THE MATTER OF:  MICHAEL RINALDI, INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANT AND STAMFORD ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, CORORATE GRIEVANT  ADV.   TAMU LUCERO, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND ROBERT A. STACY, ESQ., SPHR, EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENTS AND STAMFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION, CORPORATE Read More

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND THE PRINCIPAL EMPLOYER RULE

  In a recent decision, the Connecticut Appellate Court had occasion to review the circumstances where an employee of a subcontractor can maintain a claim for workers compensation benefits against the Read More

NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYERS IN CONNECTICUT

  A new law, effective October 1, 2019, imposes additional requirements on employers in Connecticut.  Previously, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (the “CHRO”) could require employers with at least 50 Read More

PTSD COVERAGE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN CONNECTICUT

  A new law recently went into effect in Connecticut, effective July 1, 2019, which provides workers’ compensation benefits for certain mental or emotional impairments and mental health care for police Read More

RETALIATORY DISCHARGE FOR EXERCISING RIGHTS UNDER THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT:

  You suffer an injury on the job, file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, and coincidentally begin to notice subtle differences in the way your employer treats you. Then, in Read More

CT LAWMAKERS STAND DOWN ON THREAT TO OVERRIDE VETO OF RESTAURANT BILL

  Legislative leaders gathered last week in what was originally intended to be an attempt to override one of Gov. Ned Lamont’s first vetoes of a proposed bill.  The bill was intended Read More

NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR CONNECTICUT’S FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

  A new bill was signed into law just this week establishing a paid family and medical leave program for eligible employees in Connecticut [Public Act No. 19-25]. While most of Read More

LGBTQ+ Pride Month

  June is Pride Month and an opportune time to talk about laws affecting the LGBTQ+ community.  The purpose of Pride Month is to raise awareness and celebrate the progress reached thus Read More

WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS UNDER CONNECTICUT LAW

 Connecticut, like many other states, has enacted a statute that protects an employee from adverse employment action as a result of reporting certain violations of state or federal laws by Read More

CAN YOUR EMPLOYER WEIGH IN ON YOUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE?

  As spring rolls around and our New Year’s resolutions prove to be as empty as the treadmills in the gym we joined in January, some of us have resorted to Read More

“LOOK BOSS, THE [CLAIM], THE [CLAIM]!” – Tattoo, Fantasy Island

  Tattoos and piercings are far more prevalent in society today than in recent history. Gone are the days where one would hurriedly cross the street in avoidance of an encounter Read More

CONNECTICUT IS NOW A “RIGHT-TO-WORK” STATE

 In the recent decision, Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, et al, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state and public-sector unions to deduct agency fees Read More

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