A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board may have major implications for employers across the country. In McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), the Board considered the case of an employer that had permanently furloughed a number of employees, and offered them severance agreemen...
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Cindy Cieslak was elected as a Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows Program, along with 21 other attorneys in Connecticut. Fellows are nominated by their peers based on their outstanding service to the profession an...
Rose Kallor congratulates Partner Cindy M. Cieslak on the recent publication of her article, Covid-19 and the Workplace: Top Lessons Learned, in the November/December issue of The Connecticut Lawyer, a publication of the Connecticut Bar Association. We invite you to read Ms. Cieslak's article by...
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that firm partner Robin B. Kallor was recognized in the 2022 Connecticut Super Lawyers: Top 25 Women list for the fourth year in a row. Ms. Kallor has been selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list in the Employment and Labor category since 2015, and t...
The CFEPA was amended under Public Act 22-82 effective October 1, 2022. The definition of “employer” under the CFEPA now includes businesses with one or more persons. This is a reduction from three to one. The definition of “employee” now includes any elected or appointed official of a muni...
New amendments to Connecticut's recreational marijuana law, which are effective July 1st, have the potential to impact employers and hiring practices across the state. Under the amendments to the recreational marijuana statute, Senate Bill No. 1201, many employers will be prohibited from discipl...
Rose Kallor is pleased to announce that it has secured dismissal of a CHRO Complaint brought by David Martinez, a prospective employee, for the Town of Westport Public Works. The dismissal was secured at the case assessment review stage, the earliest and initial step in the CHRO Complaint process.
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that it has secured dismissals in two CHRO (Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities) disability discrimination cases for the Town of Westport Pension Board and the Orange Board of Education respectively. The cases—Lombardi v. Town of Westp...
In a recent decision with major implications for municipal governments across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the City of Boston's refusal to fly a Christian flag on a city flagpole constituted viewpoint discrimination regulation on speech, which the First Amendment forbi...
On May 17, 2022, Governor Lamont signed Public Act No. 22-24, An Act Protecting Employee Freedom of Speech and Conscience. The law will go into effect on October 1, 2021. The law amends Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51q by making it illegal for employers to discipline or discharge, or threaten to...
Rose Kallor is pleased to announce that Attorney Melinda Powell recently led the Kingswood Oxford Mock Trial Team to statewide victory in the Ralph J. Monaco Memorial High School Mock Trial Competition. Sponsored by Civics First and offered with the support of the Connecticut Bar Association and...
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that it has secured a summary judgment dismissal in an employment retaliation action, which included allegations of free speech retaliation under the U.S. and Connecticut Constitutions. The case was heard before the United States District Court for the Dist...
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that it has secured two summary judgment dismissals in disability discrimination actions for the Town of Rocky Hill and the City of Torrington in federal and state court, respectively. The first case, against the Town of Rocky Hill, Vasel v. Rocky Hill, et...
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that it has secured an arbitration award in its favor on behalf of the Town of New Milford in a grievance arbitration filed by the United Public Service Employee Union 47 on behalf of Thomas Kenny, Jr., a former Town of New Milford police officer, who was t...
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that firm partner Robin B. Kallor was recognized in the 2021 Connecticut Super Lawyers: Top 25 Women list for the third year in a row. Ms. Kallor has been selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list in the Employment and Labor category since 2015, and to...
On Saturday, November 6, 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed OSHA ETS following a lawsuit filed by various plaintiffs, including the Attorney General of Louisiana. The order from the court notes that suspension is warranted because the application “gave cause to believe tha...
The ETS applies to employers in all workplaces that are under OSHA's authority and jurisdiction (except those that fall under the ETS for healthcare or federal contractors/subcontractors.). The ETS applies to all employers that have at least 100 employees at any time the ETS is in effect. The ETS...
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a six-part plan to continue to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The policy he announced that will most directly impact employers is that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) will be issuing a new emergency temporary order requirin...
What is the appropriate benefit scheme for an employee injured at work? Must you run multiple benefits schemes concurrently? The Appellate Court's recent unanimous ruling in Helen Monts v. Board of Education of the City of Hartford (AC 43856) provides answers to some of those questions and carrie...
On April 14, the Connecticut legislature has passed, and Governor Lamont has signed, Public Act No. 21-69, An Act Deterring Age Discrimination in Employment (“ADADE”), and the law is slated to go into effect on October 1, 2021. The ADADE amends the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act at §...
The Connecticut legislature recently passed Substitute Senate Bill No. 1023 (Pub. Act. No. 21-109) which makes minor changes to employer obligations and requirements to provide sexual harassment education. The new change allows employees in certain situations to “carry over” their past trainings ...
Lamont recently signed a law requiring that employers give two hours of unpaid time off as voting leave, Effective immediately until June 30, 2024. Specifically, employer shall grant to (1) each employee in the case of a state election, or (2) each employee who is an elector in the case of any sp...
On June 23, 2021, the United States Supreme Court, in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., ruled that while a school district may regulate some speech that occurs off campus, its ability to do has legal limits. Background: The student, Brandi Levy, a sophomore, and member of a high school cheer...
Effective October 1, 2021, employers will be required to disclose to applicants and employees the salary ranges for positions. Significantly, the law also expands Connecticut's prohibition of gender-based pay discrimination from requiring equal pay for “equal work” to equal pay for “comparable wo...
One year ago, on June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton Country, 590 U.S. __, 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020). The Court's decision interpreted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's prohibition on discrimination “because of sex” to include discrim...