On June 30, 2025, we covered some of the labor and employment related bills passed by the General Assembly during its 2025 Regular Session, including changes to the paid sick leave law and to the state’s municipal employees...more
7/10/2025
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Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
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Health Insurance ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Retirement Plan ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers’ Compensation
The 2025 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly, which concluded on June 4, 2025, was not especially prolific in terms of the volume of labor-and employment-related bills passed. ...more
7/1/2025
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Educational Institutions ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Family Medical Leave ,
General Assembly ,
Labor Reform ,
Life Insurance ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Retirement Plan ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee....more
5/1/2025
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Dispensaries ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
General Assembly ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Pay Transparency ,
Pending Legislation ,
Pensions ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Public Employees ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retirement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Prior to its March 25, 2025 deadline, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee likely finished up its work for this legislative session and approved a final flurry of bills that would generally...more
4/24/2025
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Connecticut ,
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
General Assembly ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Employees ,
Quotas ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour ,
Warehouses ,
Workers’ Compensation
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
On January 4, 2023, the 2023 session of the Connecticut General Assembly began. The session is scheduled to adjourn on June 7, 2023. Numerous proposed bills affecting Connecticut employers and employees will be unleashed...more
1/31/2023
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Disability Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Pensions ,
Public Hearing ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retirement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers Compensation Awards
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here...more
4/22/2022
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Rights ,
General Assembly ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
Over-Time ,
Public Employees ,
Quotas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers' Compensation Claim