On May 23, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the National Labor Relations Board’s 2024 decision that police sergeants and sergeant detectives in Northeastern University’s police department were statutory...more
On December 10, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision reinstating its prior standard for determining whether a union has contractually waived its right to bargain over changes to terms and conditions of...more
In National Labor Relations Board v. Metro Man IV, LLC, Case No. 07-CA-264407 (6th Cir. Aug. 29, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit partly upheld and partly reversed a National Labor Relations Board...more
10/10/2024
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Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hazard Pay ,
NLRB ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Colleges and universities that employ their own students face conflicts about how to protect student information, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), while disclosing information about...more
8/27/2024
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employment Records ,
FERPA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Student Privacy ,
Students ,
Unions ,
Universities
On May 21, 2024, Governor Lamont signed into law new legislation that significantly expands Connecticut’s existing paid sick leave law by requiring that virtually all private employers in the state provide employees with paid...more
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit clarified the rules that apply when employers distribute information and observe employees during union campaigns. The court found that a New York-based...more
Back in 2016, Connecticut enacted legislation that established the Connecticut Retirement Security Program, a state-run Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA) program administered by the Office of the State Comptroller....more
In RAV Truck & Trailer Repairs, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 25 (Dec. 14, 2022), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a supplemental decision in a case that will have implications for unionized employers seeking to close...more
2/13/2023
/ Business Closures ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Law Violations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Statutory Violations ,
Supplemental Review ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Membership ,
Unions
Over the past several years, Connecticut’s legislature has enacted some significant employment laws that have re-shaped the workplace and posed new challenges for Connecticut employers. The 2023 legislative session that began...more
2/13/2023
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Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Labor Reform ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Transparency ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour