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Guidance on Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law Now Available.
The Connecticut Department of Labor has issued guidance on the new Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2012. The guidance is available from the Department’s website, at http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/wgwkstnd/SickLeaveGuidance.pdf. (See our article, What Employers Need to Know about Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Law, for more information on the new law.)
Connecticut Employment Law Update
New and revised employment laws from the Connecticut legislature’s latest session will affect all employers in the state. Here are some highlights...:
New Connecticut Law Targets Workplace Violence Risk to Healthcare Employers
As discussed in a recent post on this blog, a number of states have enacted legislation to address the increased violence against healthcare employees. In Connecticut, a new statute requiring healthcare institutions to take a variety of actions to protect employees from workplace violence took effect on October 1, 2011.
Connecticut Adds to Employer Responsibilities
Effective October 1, 2011, Connecticut employers with three or more employees will be prohibited from discriminating against an employee or applicant based on gender identity or expression. Connecticut lawmakers defined “Gender identity or expression” as “a person’s gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s physiology or assigned sex at birth.”
New Connecticut Law Mandates Paid Sick Leave
A new Connecticut law, which will become effective on January 1, 2012, requires a certain amount of paid sick leave for many Connecticut employees. This historic law makes Connecticut the first state to require employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees. Below are the key aspects of the statute
New Law Requires Connecticut Health Care Employers to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence
Health care employers in Connecticut have new obligations to protect their employees when it comes to workplace violence. Public Act No. 11-175, signed by Governor Dan Malloy on July 13, 2011, applies to any Connecticut health care employer who employs at least 50 full employees, whether full-time or part-time.
Connecticut’s Ban on Gender Identity Discrimination to Take Effect October 1
An amendment to Connecticut law prohibits employers in the state from discriminating against their employees based on “gender identity or expression.” The new law expands the protections of the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, which already prohibits employment discrimination based on an individual’s race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, mental retardation, and disability.
What Employers Need to Know about Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Law
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy has pledged to sign the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave legislation, which passed in the legislature on June 3, 2011. Upon its January 1, 2012, effective date, Connecticut will become the first state in the country to mandate paid sick leave. Although the legislation (Public Act 11-52) provides a safe harbor for covered employers that already offer other types of paid leave, such employers nonetheless may need to modify their policies and practices to ensure compliance with the legislation. The extent of such modifications, however, is uncertain as we await guidance or regulations interpreting certain aspects of P.A. 11-52.
Connecticut Poised to Become First State to Mandate Paid Sick Leave
As state governments across the country scramble to plug large holes in their own budgets, they are digging deeper into employers' pockets. Earlier this week, the Connecticut General Assembly passed legislation that will require employers within the service sector (and with more than 50 employees) to provide paid sick leave to their employees, making the state the first in the country to pass such legislation. (The Connecticut governor has indicated his signature soon will follow.)
