On February 4, 2021, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 10, which requires local and regional boards of education to continue to provide paid leave
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On February 4, 2021, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 10, which requires local and regional boards of education to continue to provide paid leave…
Continue Reading Governor Lamont Extends FFCRA Paid Leave Provisions for School Employees
On May 12, 2014, the Department of Labor posted and made effective new regulations extending benefits equal to those under the federal Family and Medical…
Continue Reading New FMLA Regulations for School Paraprofessionals
Disagreements between supervisors and those that they supervise are a regular feature of the workplace. For example, it is not uncommon for employees to refuse
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Continue Reading SBMA Denies Union Grievance of Suspension for Insubordination
Smart employers know that it’s essential to follow the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, and that failure to do so can mean that its…
A recent decision by the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration (SBMA) serves as a reminder of the importance of ensuring that the language of…
Continue Reading Typo in Collective Bargaining Agreement Costs City
The State Board of Mediation and Arbitration (“SBMA”) recently affirmed in a recent decision the three elements that must exist before a past practice can…
Continue Reading SBMA Rules that Past Practice Must be Unequivocal and not Result of Mistake
For anyone who has been involved in the collective bargaining process for a teachers’ contract, they are fully aware of the scope and extent of…
In a recent decision the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration acknowledged the enforceability of a provision of a school district’s contract with a transportation…
The State Board of Mediation and Arbitration ruled that a police officer who worked an extra hour before his assigned shift was not entitled to…
Continue Reading Hour of Overtime Before Shift Does Not Qualify for Contract “Call Back” Provision
The Connecticut State Board of Mediation and Arbitration recently held that a board of education possessed just cause to discharge an employee who expressed suicidal…