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November 27, 2023 The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) comes into effect on January 1, 2024, allowing unused funds from a tax-advantaged 529 Education Plan to roll over into a Roth IRA. Starting in 2024, 529 Plans that...

June 7, 2018 In Connecticut, effective January 1, 2019, an employer must now refrain from asking (directly or through a third party) about a prospective employee’s wage and salary history unless the prospective employee volunteers the information. The ‘Act Concerning...

February 12, 2016 To jumpstart the economic recovery, following the Great Recession, with the idea toward further easing access to capital , the United States Congress, passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 (the ‘Act’). The Act, which amended...

December 7, 2015 Senate Bill No. 914, Public Act No. 15 – 86 became law in the State of Connecticut on October 1, 2015. This new law now specifies that prevailing employees shall be entitled to receive double damages and attorney’s fees in the event an employer failed...

August 6, 2015 It is now illegal for Connecticut employers to prohibit employees from sharing wage information. An act concerning Pay Equity and Fairness became law in Connecticut on July 1, 2015. The law protects all employees whether managerial, supervisory or...

July 8, 2015 Earlier this month the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, took on the issue of employers and the free labor provided by so called ‘interns.’ On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit reversed a lower court decision which held that the unpaid interns at issue...

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....

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...

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:...

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...