While Connecticut state law may allow for a citizen's medicinal marijuana use, when considering the hiring or retention of a police officer, the use of medical marijuana should raise an immediate red flag with respect to their employability and authority to do their job. While there may be a poli...
What are the limitations of Connecticut's Civil Theft Statute and when can an employee recover against an employee in Connecticut? According to a recent Superior Court decision, Global Staffing Services, LLC v. Brian Murray, advanced but unearned commissions are not entitled to the treble damages...
How much can you recover in attorney's fees defending a meritless lawsuit brought under Connecticut's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute? All, if your motion to dismiss is granted, according to a recent Connecticut Superior Court decision. Connecticut's anti-SLAPP...
Vaccination of the U.S. population against Covid-19 is well underway. Recently, the United States hit a record of 4.6 million vaccinations in a single day on April 10, and presently, 36.8% of the population has received at least one vaccine dose, and 22.7% of the population is now fully vaccinat...
We all know that as a general rule, establishments may not discriminate based on gender. Thus, the question arose: can gyms and other public facilities segregate spaces by gender and not run afoul of Connecticut's Public Accommodations Act? You may think not, but it depends on the legitimacy of t...
There is a growing movement across the country to right a long-standing wrongful practice of discriminating against individuals on the basis of hairstyles historically associated with race. On Monday, March 1, 2021, Connecticut joined this movement and became the eighth state in the nation to pas...
Pursuant to Executive Order 7DDD, as amended by Executive Order 10A, the Oct. 1st Sexual Harassment Prevention Training deadline has been extended to April 19, 2021 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic for employees hired on or before October 1, 2019. This is a blanket extension and does not require a re...
On February 4, 2021, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 10, which, inter alia, requires local and regional boards of education to provide paid leave to eligible employees who require leave for certain circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 6 of Executive Order No. 10 stat...
Municipalities have long relied upon Governmental Immunity as a doctrine which recognizes that it is not in the public's interest to allow a jury of laymen, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, to second-guess the exercise of a police officer's discretionary professional duty. Thus, as a general ...
Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that Firm Partner Robin B. Kallor was recognized in the Top 25: 2020 Women Connecticut Super Lawyers List for the second year in a row. Ms. Kallor has been selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list in the Employment and Labor category since 2015. Ms. K...
Effective September 18, 2020, Connecticut's Travel Advisory was amended to permit a voluntary traveler to test in lieu of quarantine. This is good news to employers who anticipate travel during holiday months. This amendment alleviates the need to pay employees for their emergency sick leave p...
As you know, Families First Coronavirus Response Act required employers (with less than 500 employees) to provide up to 80 hours of paid sick leave and 12 weeks of emergency family and medical leave to employees for covid-related reasons outlined in the Act. The law permits healthcare providers t...
As employers plan to map out return-to-workplace scenarios for their employees post-Covid, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), has shed some light on whether telework, as it implicates ADA issues, should become a permanent staple of the employer's landscape going forward. On Se...
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Hartford, CT – Rose Kallor, LLP is pleased to announce that Firm partners, Michael Rose and Robin Kallor, have been named to the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, a publication that has become universally regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence. Adding to the list of accola...
The EEOC just amended its guidance regarding antibody testing under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Currently, the EEOC's position is that an employer cannot require antibody testing before permitting employees to re-enter workplaces. In doing so, the EEOC is relying on recent CDC Interim Gu...
In March, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provided guidance to address some specific issues presented by the current COVID-19 crisis to augment prior guidance which was promulgated in response to H1N1 pandemic. The EEOC continues to respond to confusion by supplementing its guidance. ...
Lamont's June 1, 2020 Executive Order clarified the standard for determination of suitable work. Specifically, his order governs claims submitted covering May 17 through July 25 and amends Section 31-236-5 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to read, “In determining whether or not wo...
On May 18, 2020, Lamont issued a new Executive Order, among other things, closing sleep away camps, extending the prohibition on large gatherings and restrictions on off-track betting, indoor fitness, and movie theaters to June 20, His newest executive order “enhances health procedures” for all d...
On May 8, 2020, Connecticut issued guidelines for businesses to begin Phase 1 of its Reopen Connecticut plan scheduled to begin on May 20, 2020. All businesses subject to these guidelines are required to self-certify prior to reopening on May 20, 2020. The certification link will be added to the ...
On Friday, March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the CARES Act, which contains $376 billion in relief for American workers and small businesses. In addition to traditional SBA funding programs, the CARES Act established several new temporary programs to address the COVID-19 outbreak. Am...
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released a statement yesterday that she is not recommending Congress pass any additional waiver authority concerning the Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) and Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Educa...
Employees often base their claims of discrimination, retaliation, violation of public policy, whistleblower protection, or other workplace statutory claim on the termination of employment, claiming that the termination was the “adverse employment action” that violated the employee's rights. When...
By Cindy M. Cieslak & Rauchell Beckford-Anderson On April 20, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certification filed by Richard Natofsky seeking clarification regarding the standard of causation in disability discrimination claims made pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities A...