New Connecticut Employment Laws

As is Connecticut’s tradition, several new laws took effect on October 1, 2021, including a number affecting the employment relationship.

House Bill 6515, CROWN Act: The Creating a Respectful & Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act amends the definition of “race” under the Connecticut Human Rights law, including the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA), to encompass ethnic traits associated with race, including hair texture and hairstyles, such as wigs, head wraps, braids, cornrows, […]

By | October 8th, 2021 ||

Busy As A Bee: LARPing A Day In The Life Of HR

Three Ward and Smith labor and employment attorneys walked through a series of challenging, real-world scenarios that many employers are facing.

The webinar, part of Ward and Smith’s 2021 Virtual Employment Law Symposium, tackled problems related to post-pandemic return-to-workplace plans, vaccination mandates, diversity initiatives, drug tests, and more.

The session — Busy as a Bee: LARPing a Day in the Life of HR — used the Labor and Employment Practice Group’s signature live-action role-playing (LARPing) technique […]

By | October 8th, 2021 ||

New California Law Allows Employers To Email Workplace Notifications To Remote Workers

To address the prevalent and ongoing practice of permitting employees to work from home, a new California law authorizes employers to provide required workplace notifications to their employees as attachments to emails. Senate Bill (SB) No. 657 was signed into law on July 16, 2021. While the new law maintains the requirement to physically display mandatory postings in the workplace, SB 657 also provides California employers with a new way to provide important notifications to employees […]

By | October 7th, 2021 ||