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Employment Law Letter is published quarterly as a service to clients and friends by the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.
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In its 2018 session, the General Assembly passed a number of new laws affecting employers. Except as otherwise noted, the changes are effective October 1, 2018. The following material summarizes these new laws, but the specific provisions should be reviewed in the context of specific situations. These new statutes are available online through the…
Collective bargaining agreements covering public employees in Connecticut often provide for health insurance for retirees. In some cases, those contract provisions say retirees shall be covered by the same plans as active employees, but others say retirees will get coverage that is the same as, or comparable to, the plan in effect at the time they retired.…
In a span of just two short weeks late last year, three decisions by federal judges in Connecticut provided important lessons on the terms and conditions necessary to settle wage and hour cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act.…
On December 4, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders staying preliminary injunctions against President Trump’s latest travel ban, allowing that ban to take effect while ongoing legal challenges to it are being judicially considered.…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is warning that some employers are receiving scam emails requesting Form I-9 information. The emails appear to come from USCIS, from a fraudulent email address: news@uscis.gov. This is not a USCIS email address. …
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Employment Law Letter is published quarterly as a service to clients and friends by the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.…
Developments and deadlines are happening almost daily, so we want to take a moment to update you on a couple of the most pressing matters regarding immigration.…
On September 24, 2017, the Trump administration issued a proclamation that imposes new travel restrictions on foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States from eight countries: Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. …
On September 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated the orderly phase out of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DHS will provide a limited, six-month window during which it will consider certain requests for DACA and accompanying applications for work authorization, under specific parameters.…