Data Privacy Unlocked, A Second Conversation with State Senator James Maroney of Connecticut
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
On June 4, 2025, embedded in an omnibus bonding bill, the Connecticut General Assembly amended the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Act as it applies to certain employees of municipalities and boards of education. While the...more
Connecticut employees will have much broader paid sick leave rights starting January 1, and employers must be ready to comply with the expanded requirements. A new state law not only significantly increases the number of...more
Connecticut’s existing paid sick days law requires employers with more than 50 employees that are mostly in specific retail and service occupations (such as food service workers and health care workers) to provide their...more
Statutory definition does not reference municipalities, boards of education or political subdivisions, leaving room for interpretation under Public Act 24-8 Arguably the most significant labor and employment development...more
As most manufacturers know, the Connecticut Legislature passed significant amendments to the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave (PSL) law, which are set to go into effect on January 1, 2025, and pertains to employers with 25 or more...more
Employers with employees in Connecticut need to be aware of Connecticut’s recently enacted revision to Public Act No. 24-8, which broadens the scope of paid sick leave requirements, making it applicable to a broader range of...more
The General Assembly significantly expanded Connecticut’s paid sick leave law this term, but the changes do not take effect until January 1, 2025, and then become fully implemented as of January 1, 2027. ...more
On May 21, 2024, Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a bill that creates sweeping changes to Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Law, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-57r, et seq. (the “Amendments”). The Amendments will greatly expand the...more
On May 6, 2024, the Connecticut legislature passed a bill (HB No. 5005) amending a number of key aspects of the Connecticut statewide Paid Sick Leave Law. The bill was signed into law by Governor Ned Lamont on May 21, 2024....more
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 May 6, 2024, the Connecticut Senate passed legislation that, once signed into law, will significantly expand the State’s paid sick leave statute, including broadening the statute’s scope to cover almost all employers and...more
Executive Summary: On May 6, 2024, the Connecticut State Senate approved a significant expansion to Connecticut’s existing paid sick leave law that took effect in 2011. The bill is expected to be signed into law by Governor...more
The 2024 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly, which concluded on May 8, 2024, was not especially prolific in terms of the volume of labor and employment related bills passed. ...more
Connecticut employers should prepare for yet another change to their paid sick leave obligations now that a comprehensive overhaul has been approved by the state legislature and awaits the governor’s signature. Significantly,...more
The Connecticut legislature has approved a major revision to Connecticut’s state statute mandating paid sick leave, broadly expanding coverage of the statute over the next several years to nearly every employer and employee...more
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed a new law that will expand the circumstances in which service workers in Connecticut can use state-mandated paid sick leave. The new law goes into effect October 1, 2023. Since its...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