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Posted on Dec 23, 2021 on Featured, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
December 21, 2021 As we close out 2021 and look forward to 2022, we thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the important changes made to Connecticut employment laws …
Posted on Dec 23, 2021 on Covid-19, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
December 2, 2021 On March 12, 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law granting employees paid leave time to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Last week, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) updated its …
Posted on Nov 8, 2021 on Covid-19, Featured, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Wendy C. Weng
November 8, 2021 Last Friday, we sent out an alert that the Biden Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on the vaccine mandate was issued, and large employers would have until Jan 4, 2022, to fully …
Posted on Sep 29, 2021 on Covid-19, Legislative Updates, News, Uncategorized by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
September 13, 2021 Late last week President Biden set forth his multipronged approach to combat the spread of COVID-19. This new approach will impact thousands of companies and almost 100 million U.S. federal and public …
Posted on Sep 29, 2021 on Featured, Labor Management Issues, Legislative Updates, Published Articles by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
September 2021 Employers in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and elsewhere should prepare themselves for new and ongoing pro-employee trends in employment law which may ultimately impact most private employers. This includes new laws and …
Posted on Aug 20, 2021 on Covid-19, Featured, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
August 17, 2021 – Thanks to Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut joins a growing list of state and local governments requiring employers to recall employees laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic before hiring anyone else. …
Posted on Aug 20, 2021 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Privacy Rights, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
August 15, 2021 – Effective October 1, 2021, Connecticut’s “An Act Concerning Breastfeeding in the Workplace” will go into effect. This new legislation expands employers’ obligations to accommodate lactating and breastfeeding employees. It is part …
Posted on Aug 20, 2021 on Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
August 1, 2021 – Earlier this year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation which expands the city’s 2017 Fair Work Week Law (the “Act”) as it relates to fast food employees. De …
Posted on Jul 29, 2021 on Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
Last month Governor Cuomo signed new COVID-19 related legislation which amended the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (the “HERO Act” or the “Act”). The amendment was made to provide clarity to employers regarding …
Posted on Jul 29, 2021 on Featured, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
On June 22, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law An Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis (the “Act”). Among other things, the Act allows adult possession of up to 5 …