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...
Connecticut’s Minimum Wage on the Rise Again
It’s déjà vu for Connecticut employers. The Connecticut General Assembly and Governor Malloy have approved the second minimum wage hike in less than a year. Just ten months ago, legislation was passed to increase the minimum wage to $8.70 on January 1, 2014, and...
NLRB’s Administrative Law Judge Finds Employer’s Mandatory Arbitration Provision Violates the National Labor Relations Act
Non-union employers often think that they do not need to concern themselves with the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). This is a misconception. For example, Section 7 of the Act gives employees the right to not only form labor unions and engage in collective...
Trumbull Cops Agree To Defined Contribution Plan
While significant inroads have been made in implementing defined contribution plans for new hires in Connecticut municipal negotiations, police and fire unions have continued to resist such changes, citing, among other things, the greater likelihood a cop or...
Board Abandons Well Established Precedent – Holds that Employers Can No Longer Cease Deducting Union Dues Upon Contract Expiration
Since 1962, employers with a dues checkoff provision in a collective bargaining agreement have been permitted to cease deducting dues from employee paychecks and remitting them to the union upon contract expiration. As of last month, however, employers can no longer...
Employers Required to Display Paid Sick Leave Notice Poster in English and Spanish
As discussed in our previous posts, here and here, Connecticut’s new paid sick leave law went into effect on January 1, 2012. Among its many requirements is an obligation for employers to provide adequate notice of the law to employees. Most...
Department of Labor Proposes New FMLA Regulations
The Department of Labor recently proposed new regulations designed to implement and interpret the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, which amended and expanded the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). The amendments expand military caregiver...
DOL Releases Guidance and Poster for New Paid Sick Leave Law
The Connecticut Department of Labor (“DOL”) has released guidance concerning Public Act 11-52, the new paid sick leave law. The DOL also released a poster that complies with the law’s notice requirement. Both the guidance document and the poster are available on the...
Connecticut’s Wage Payment Law to Catch Up With Technology
Currently on the table is a bill which would allow employers to require employees hired after October 1, 2011 to choose between direct deposit and a payroll card as their payment method, and which would also allow employers to provide employees with an electronic...
Employers Should Prepare for New Paid Sick Leave Law
The paid sick leave law (Senate Bill 913, Public Act 11-52) is set to become effective on January 1, 2012. The law will make Connecticut the first state to mandate paid sick leave for employees. Employers are well advised to become familiar with the law even if they...