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Court Ruling May Allow More Workers to Telecommute As a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA
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...
Connecticut Increases Minimum Wage to Highest For Any State
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...
Severance Payments are Subject to FICA
March 31, 2014 The US Supreme Court, in US v. Quality Stores, Inc. (March 25, 2014), unanimously held that severance payments are taxable wages for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) (12-1408, 2014 WL 1168968 (U.S. March 25, 2014). Reversing...
Scholarship Football Players at Northwestern University are Found to be Employees under NLRA
March 24, 2014 In Northwestern University, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Director for Region 13 issued a decision which found that Northwestern University college football players that receive grant-in-aid scholarships from Northwestern University...
Connecticut Offers Tax Amnesty Program Until November 15, 2013
October 8, 2013 If you have failed to file a tax return with the state of Connecticut or owe taxes to the State of Connecticut, now is the time to clean up the problem. The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services is offering to waive penalties and reduce the...
Connecticut Increases Minimum Wage
October 4, 2013 Effective January 1, 2014, the State of Connecticut has increased the minimum wage by 45¢ from $8.25 to $8.70 and approved a second increase which would be effective January 1, 2015 to bring the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. The legislature has not...
Searchable Electronic Version of USPTO Official Gazette
September 24, 2013 Effective September 24, 2013, The United States Patent and Trademark Office (‘USPTO’) released an electronic version of the Trademark Official Gazette with searchable functionality. The benefits of the searchable format include downloading,...
New Connecticut Rule Regarding Personnel Files
July 30, 2013 There is a new rule in Connecticut concerning employee access to personnel files. It will take effect on October 1, 2013. HR people should be advised now so that appropriate compliance plans can be made. CGS 31-128a, et. seq. contains the Connecticut...
New Connecticut Law Regarding Paid Sick Leave
July 30, 2013 A law mandating that employers provide paid sick leave to employees was just enacted in Connecticut. The law becomes effective January 1, 2012. It applies to certain employers employing fifty (50) or more employees in the State of Connecticut. Please...
