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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?

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 – Requirements for Safeguarding Social Security Numbers and Other Private Information

This is Part 5 in a 6-part series on Connecticut Employment Laws You Didn’t Know Existed. While not an “employment law” per se, Connecticut requires any private individual or company to take certain precautions to safeguard Social Security numbers and other private information.  Violations of these laws are punishable by fines, civil penalties, and even imprisonment.  Of course, a […]

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 […]

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 […]

Improper Employer Investigations Can Prove Costly

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 […]

DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing – Don’t Go it Alone!

Employers of persons who operate a commercial motor vehicle that requires a commercial driver’s license (“CDL”) should know that they are subject to the United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”), Federal Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) regulations.  The regulations, commonly known as “Part 40,” require commercial motor vehicle operators to be tested for drugs […]

$168 Million Sexual Harassment/Retaliation Verdict

According to a recent Los Angeles Times article, a California jury recently awarded a hospital employee $168 million, including $125 million in punitive damages, to a female physician assistant who endured two years of sexually inappropriate behavior and then was fired for reporting the harassment as well as patient care violations. The perpetrators included cardiac […]