Tag: Connecticut

January 17, 2023

A major law about the erasure and consideration of criminal convictions in employment in Connecticut took effect Jan. 1. Passed by the Connecticut legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ned Lamont in 2021, Connecticut’s “Clean Slate” law will alter […]

August 20, 2021

City ordinances that require employers to provide paid sick leave are popping up all over the country, and they’re driving human resources departments to do calculations their systems can’t handle, according to Lauraine Bifulco, president of Vantaggio HR, a multistate […]

August 2, 2021

On June 24, Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 21-69, which adds to Connecticut’s Fair Employment Practices Act an explicit ban on Connecticut employers inquiring into the ages of prospective employees “on an initial employment application.” The new […]

September 26, 2019

Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on October 1 as the state begins a series of hikes that will eventually make the state’s minimum $15 an hour. The increases will be phased in on the following dates: October 1, 2019—$11 September […]

November 7, 2018

Сonnecticut announced that in January 2019 it will begin requiring private-sector employers without their own workplace-based retirement plans to enroll employees in individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) sponsored by the state. The requirement stems from legislation enacted in 2016 that is […]