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As many of you know, Connecticut’s hourly minimum wage increases from $11.00 to $12.00 on September 1, 2020. The increase over the current hourly wage was passed in 2019 to eventually bring the state’s minimum wage to $15.00 by June of 2023.… Read More
By C. Scott Schwefel
Effective, January 1, 2019, employers may no longer ask about an applicant’s salary history. “An Act Concerning Pay Equity,” was signed into law on May 22, 2018 and prohibits an employer to inquire, or direct a third party to inquire, about a prospective employee’s wage and salary history. … Read More
By C. Scott Schwefel
On July 2, 2015, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act No. 15196, entitled “An Act Concerning Pay Equity and Fairness.” The law, which is effective immediately, now prohibits employers from preventing employees from voluntarily sharing information about their wages and, further, prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to sign a waiver that denies the employee his or her right to share such information.… Read More
On March 3, 2026, Shipman, Shaiken & Schwefel, LLC partner, Attorney C. Scott Schwefel, testified before the Connecticut General Assembly’s Insurance & Real Estate Committee as part of a delegation from the Connecticut Bar Association regarding House Bill 5378 and its impact on solo practitioners, small law firms and small businesses.… Read More