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On August 29, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) held that misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor, on its own, does not violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). In Velox Express, Inc. and Jeannie Edge,...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

On August 27, 2019, USCIS announced that, until further notice, employers should continue using the current version of the Form I-9 for Employment Eligibility Verification, even after the form’s expiration date of August 31, 2019 has passed....By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Most of the promises contained in a union contract expire on the same date the contract expires, subject of course to the obligation to negotiate before making any unilateral changes to the status quo. But in some cases, the benefits in a contract...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Yesterday, a group of workers at some of the travel plazas in Connecticut, along with members of Local 32BJ of SEIU, rallied to protest “wage theft” and call for unionization of the employees who work there, including fast-food workers. The issues...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

In a few weeks, the Connecticut Supreme Court will begin it’s next session.  As I looked at the calendar assignment for the first term, what I began to realize is something that’s been gnawing at me for a while - there’s not an employment law case to...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

It’s been a long while since this blog went into the toilet.  But in this Employment Law Checklist Project, there are two employment laws we need to tackle together that highlight the very specific nature of some laws and how they remain on the...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to hear Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, a case about the legal standard for pleading a claim for breach of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...By: Goodwin

One of the quirks of discrimination law in Connecticut concerns sexual orientation.  Back in 1991, the General Assembly passed a wide-ranging bill that added sexual orientation as one of the protected classes that employers could not base decisions...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

On August 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board issued its first decision regarding mandatory arbitration agreements following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp.  In doing so, the Board gave further guidance about when...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

In its 2019 regular and special sessions, the General Assembly made a number of changes in the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut. This summary is intended to give you a brief overview of some of the more significant changes that...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP