Though springtime may still feel far away, now is the time for independent schools to be thinking about their faculty employment agreements for the 2024-2025 school year. These types of agreements are typically not extensive but do require that schools
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Regional Director of NLRB’s Region 1 Office Upends College Sports by Declaring That Student Athletes Are Employees
On Monday, February 5, 2024, the Region 1 Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a Decision and Direction of Election that permits the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team to proceed forward with a union election.
The National…
Regional Director of NLRB’s Region 1 Office Upends College Sports by Declaring That Student Athletes Are Employees
On Monday, February 5, 2024, the Region 1 Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a Decision and Direction of Election that permits the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team to proceed forward with a union election.
The National…
CAS Legal Mailbag – 2/1/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag,
Our middle school is fully committed to the restorative practice approach to discipline. Our “cleaning with meaning” approach extends to all areas of our school. By way of example, should a student…
See You In Court – February 2024
Tom Teacher is well-known in Nutmeg, but not for the right reasons. He is a controversial figure, regularly speaking to both the Nutmeg Town Council and the Nutmeg Board of Education during public comment in hostile tones about what he perceives…
IRS Launches the Pre-filing Registration Tool for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and CHIPS Act of 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) made several changes to the tax laws allowing owners to transfer certain manufacturing investment, clean energy investment and production tax credits to unrelated third parties or to elect for direct payment in lieu of…
IRS Issues Guidance on ROTH Reporting Requirements
For years, employees who wanted to diversify the tax treatment of contributions to their 401(k) or 403(b) plan accounts could elect to have their own deferrals made on a Roth basis, but all employer contributions had to be made on…
Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Property Tax Assessment on Out-of-State Vehicles
The Connecticut Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of taxing an out-of-state company’s vehicles in Connecticut. The court upheld a New Britain Superior Court’s decision from 2022 that the Town of Somers did not violate the dormant commerce clause of…
SDE Develops New Notice About Special Education Mediation to Be Read Aloud at PPT Meetings
Last year, the General Assembly enacted several pieces of legislation that require school districts to provide parents of students receiving special education services with certain resources created by the Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE). One piece of legislation, Section 45…
CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/25/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
One of the teachers in my building has a lot of anger, and every time we talk, I am worried that he is going to erupt. His latest gambit is…