Among other things, the FOIA provides that a public agency may enter into executive session for the purpose of discussion “concerning the appointment, employment, performance, evaluation, health or dismissal of a public...more
8/22/2025
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At its February 28, 2023 meeting, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a brief summary of the bills that the Committee voted favorably on and...more
Following its initial action, (Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak), the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee likely finished...more
4/15/2022
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Connecticut ,
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Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
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Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
At its March 10, 2022 meeting, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a brief summary of the bills that the Committee voted favorably on and...more
3/16/2022
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Connecticut ,
Employee Benefits ,
General Assembly ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Layoffs ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pensions ,
Public Employees ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workers Compensation Awards
At its February 18, 2021 meeting, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a brief summary of the bills that the Committee voted favorably on and...more
3/2/2021
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Call Centers ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
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Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
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Pensions ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Salaried Employees ,
Wage and Hour
In 2017, our firm published a summary of new legislation affecting Connecticut’s schools and public sector employers. However, the 2017 “regular session” of the Connecticut General Assembly was not the final word. Due to the...more
1/15/2018
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Grants ,
Medicaid ,
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Public Schools ,
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Special Education ,
Tax Reform ,
Wage and Hour ,
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While several bills were enacted earlier this year affecting Connecticut employers, the 2017 regular session of the Connecticut General Assembly was not the final word. Due to the lack of a budget, the General Assembly had to...more
Since we last discussed “Deflategate,” New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady appealed his four-game suspension resulting from the NFL’s finding that he had committed “conduct detrimental to the league,” based on 1) his...more
8/4/2015
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Arbitration Awards ,
Cell Phones ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discipline ,
Injunctions ,
Internal Investigations ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) ,
New England Patriots ,
NFL ,
Popular ,
Spoliation ,
Sports ,
Work Suspensions
Lawyers like to believe that arbitration decisions concerning employee discipline should be made in accordance with the law and the applicable collective bargaining agreement, not solely by an arbitrator’s personal notions of...more
In these fiscal times, school districts are confronted with difficult choices in restructuring their teaching workforce, with districts often having to consider the elimination of teaching positions. A recent court case...more