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Mandatory Vaccination Policies for Employers – The Latest Guidance and Upcoming Webinars

August 29, 2021

As the Delta variant continues make its presence known, more employers are continuing to explore mandatory vaccination policies for their staff. This comes on the heels of Governor Lamont’s executive order that requires teachers and others to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing. My colleagues and I have been fielding questions on a daily basis. Can we mandate vaccination for employees? (Yes) Are there exceptions? (Yes.) The questions have gotten more nuanced,…

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Hurricane Henri: What Employers in New England Need to Know Before the Storm Hits

By Daniel Schwartz

August 20, 2021

So yesterday’s post was about being a Miami Hurricane. Today’s? A real-life hurricane/tropical storm (Henri) is making it’s way to Southern New England. It’s impact here in Connecticut is still very much up in the air as of midday Friday but for employers, this is still another challenge to have to manage. Thankfully (or not, as some of you remember), we’ve had experience in this area before and so rather than write something entirely new,…

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The State of the States of Pandemic

By Daniel Schwartz

August 19, 2021

Tis the season for dropping kids off at college. My family is no exception. We recently visited Miami — Coral Gables to be exact — to drop my daughter off for her first year as a Hurricane. It’s exciting and exhausting. Add a out-of-control pandemic in Florida, and it’s downright stressful. (But who would’ve thought though that we might be dealing with a Hurricane in New England before Miami?!) Around campus at the U, masks…

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The Never-Finished Posts: A Peek Into the Past and Future

By Daniel Schwartz

August 8, 2021

Over the last few weeks, I rediscovered the “draft” folder of the back end of my blog. By last count, I had nearly twenty posts that I started and then didn’t finish for one reason or the other. Some posts have just a title and maybe a line or two; a few were basically finished. Some are pre-pandemic but there are quite a few from the pandemic itself giving a window back to what I…

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Yes You Can – The Employer Vaccine Mandates Are Here

By Daniel Schwartz

August 4, 2021

Maybe it’s the Delta variant. Or maybe the publicity regarding Walmart and Disney. But over the last two weeks or so, there’s been a renewed interest in whether employers can mandate vaccines in Connecticut. Indeed, we have been fielding lots of questions from employers (and friends and family) about mandatory vaccination policies. But many of the conversations are similar. Can we? Should we? Yesterday, I spoke with Dennis House and News8 about this issue but …

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Yes You Can – The Employer Vaccine Mandates Are Here

By Daniel Schwartz

August 4, 2021

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About Those Office Reopening Plans: Meet the Delta Variant

By Daniel Schwartz

July 29, 2021

Earlier this month, I talked about how the Delta variant could start making more of an impact in this area as it had “already shown itself to be far more contagious than prior strains”. Optimistically, I said that employers probably had some time (maybe two months) to figure out their next steps. That window of opportunity seems to be closing. Fast. Reports from both The Washington Post and The New York Times from this evening…

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Connecticut Minimum Wage Goes Up Again on Sunday

By Daniel Schwartz

July 29, 2021

Connecticut’s next round of increases for the state’s minimum wage law goes into effect this Sunday, August 1st. You may recall that the state last increased the minimum wage in September 2020 to $12 per hour. On Sunday, the rate increases to $13 per hour. These step increases are due to a law passed in 2019 that set the state on a multi-year increase to $15 per hour. In fact, in July 2022, the minimum…

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New Connecticut Law Bars Requests for Date of Birth or Graduation Dates on Employment Applications

By Daniel Schwartz

July 23, 2021

Continuing my deeper dive this week into new laws from the General Assembly, today’s post tackles Public Act 21-69, which goes into effect October 1, 2021. The law amends existing law by making it a discriminatory practice for an employer or an employer’s agent to request or require an applicant provide their: age date of birth dates of attendance at or date of graduation from an educational institution. This prohibition applies to an “initial…

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Legislature Tweaks Law to Allow Employees to Carryover Some Harassment Prevention Training

By Daniel Schwartz

July 21, 2021

As I continued my deep dive into all the new items of legislation, today will focus on an act that amends the law regarding training and statute of limitations for complaints . Public Act 21-109 (Senate Bill No. 1023) makes some changes to the affirmative action law which I won’t cover here. But there are two other subtle changes: First, employers will not be required to provide sexual harassment training to an employee who, within…

Connecticut Employment Law Blog

Insight on Labor & Employment Developments for Connecticut Businesses

Mandatory Vaccination Policies for Employers – The Latest Guidance and Upcoming Webinars

Hurricane Henri: What Employers in New England Need to Know Before the Storm Hits

The State of the States of Pandemic

The Never-Finished Posts: A Peek Into the Past and Future

Yes You Can – The Employer Vaccine Mandates Are Here

Yes You Can – The Employer Vaccine Mandates Are Here

About Those Office Reopening Plans: Meet the Delta Variant

Connecticut Minimum Wage Goes Up Again on Sunday

New Connecticut Law Bars Requests for Date of Birth or Graduation Dates on Employment Applications

Legislature Tweaks Law to Allow Employees to Carryover Some Harassment Prevention Training

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