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Connecticut Labor & Employment Law Journal

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

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

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 […]

Keep Your Unpaid Intern Away From the Photocopier!

As summer approaches, many companies are beginning to hire students to work as unpaid interns.  While unpaid internships are a time-honored tradition, they are almost always illegal in the for-profit world.  Typically, the so-called “intern” is actually an employee who must be paid minimum wage and, if applicable, overtime.  Depending on state law, Workers’ Compensation […]

Senate Republicans Filibuster Minimum Wage Bill

The Obama Administration’s goal of increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 has for the moment stalled in the Senate.   A Republican led filibuster has all but killed the President’s hopes of signing the Bill, which would increase the minimum wage by the November mid-term elections. Senate Republicans, citing concerns about the effects that an increase on […]

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

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 […]

Obama Wants to Allow Employees To Discuss Their Wages

Are your employees prohibited from discussing their wages?  Many employers have such policies in their handbooks.  If you have not read your employee handbook lately, now is the time to dust it off and see if you have a pay secrecy policy buried in the contents.  If you have such a policy, it is most […]