Connecticut Employment Law Blog

01/17/2024

New post. New Rule. More questions.

Over on my firm's sister blog, the Employment Law Letter, my colleagues have a post this week about the issuance of final rule on Independent Contractors

06/28/2023

As I've previously talked about, two new federal laws protecting pregnant workers and nursing employees are now in effect (with the protections for

05/09/2023

So, what did you do the last three years?! It's been crazy but very happy to move on from this chapter to a new normal. Whatever that looks like.

The pandemic is over, says the WHO. What happens now? For employers, it's a return to business as usual. Whatever that means today.

12/15/2022

Did you want to know if AI could write a sonnet about employment law? The answer is yes. And much more.

In some prior posts here and here, I talked about the development of artificial intelligence tools in the employment law context. If you've been reading

06/07/2022

It's Wednesday afternoon and you get an email from a service that receives lawsuits on your behalf. "Congratulations! You are the recipient of a new

04/18/2022

The blog gets a refresh!

A few years back, I started kicking around the idea of changing up the blog a bit. As you might imagine, running a blog isn’t all unicorns and rainbows.

12/16/2021

Employers may be unprepared for a triple whammy of new developments in the next two weeks -- all coming and coming QUICKLY.

In two weeks, employers in Connecticut will have to deal with something new and I worry that many employers aren't prepared for what is coming. It's

11/26/2021

And just when you thought it was safe to return to the office...

It's been 22 months since my first post on the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking back on that first post way back on January 22, 2020, is more than a little

11/22/2021

Thanksgiving evokes different emotions in people. For some, it's their favorite holiday. A time to get together with friends and family and celebrate all

11/15/2021

Last week, I deleted the Twitter app off my iPhone as a bit of an experiment. I've done this a few times before -- but the start of the pandemic back in

10/07/2021

Did you know you can see "iPhones" in old pieces of art? But what if our eyes are deceiving us?

Earlier this week I came across a fun article about how old art pieces appeared to show evidence of time travel and I thought about the work we do as

09/22/2021

A simple law requires a simple solution: Just don't do it.

Yesterday I talked about a new law that will impact the hiring process. But there's another new law that employers need to comply with starting October 1,