by michelle | Mar 22, 2025 | Publications
June 5, 2015 The State of Connecticut has enacted a new law which will limit an employer’s access to personal online accounts of prospective employees and employees, to take effect on October 1, 2015. Gov. Dannel Malloy signed P. A. 15 – 6 into law on May 19, 2015....
by michelle | Mar 21, 2025 | Publications
October 30, 2014 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced a plan that will invariably make the lives of patent and trademark owners and their counsel easier. Starting in late January of 2015, the USPTO will send courtesy email reminders...
by michelle | Mar 20, 2025 | Publications
October 21, 2014 By: Kenneth M. Gammill, Jr. Most of us have heard the phrase ‘knowledge is power’ – but we may not fully understand how to translate this into improving our lives in a practical way. I read recently a simple way to break this often used phrase down:...
by michelle | Mar 19, 2025 | Publications
May 29, 2014 The Department of Labor (DOL) has amended its model notices under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). Since 1985 employers of twenty or more employees have been required to provide a temporary continuation of group health...
by michelle | Mar 18, 2025 | Publications
April 28, 2014 In the case Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ford Motor Company, No. 12-2484, the Sixth Circuit has reversed a summary judgment ruling in favor of Ford and found that ‘attendance’ at work in today’s modern era may not always be assumed to mean...
by michelle | Mar 17, 2025 | Publications
April 2, 2014 On March 27, 2014, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Senate Bill 32 which will phase in the highest minimum wage of any state for Connecticut workers. Under the new law, Connecticut’s current minimum wage, ($8.70 per hour), will...
