Employment Law Update: New Laws for 2025 (Connecticut)
States and some cities were especially active this year passing workplace legislation, many of which create new compliance obligations for employers. Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI) has been tracking these laws as they worked their way through the legislative and regulatory processes before going into effect on January 1, 2025. Below is our annual summary of these new laws and regulations. This article, which focuses on laws taking effect in or around January 1, 2025, is not intended to be an exhaustive discussion of every single new employment and labor law, does not include the host of new minimum wage laws,1 and is intended to be informative but not to constitute specific legal advice for any employer.
Bill / Ordinance Number | Main Topic of Legislation | Summary | Effective Date |
Paid Sick Leave | Expands paid sick leave coverage and requires all private-sector employers with 25 or more employees give employees 40 hours of paid sick leave annually. The Act expands the definition of “family member” for whom employees can use the leave; prohibits employers from requiring documentation that the employee took paid sick leave for a qualifying reason; and requires written notice to employees of their paid sick leave rights. | 1/1/2025 | |
| Income Tax | Instead of automatically deducting and withholding personal income tax for distributions from deferred compensation and retirement income plans, employers are only required to make these deductions if requested by the payee, or in the case of a lump sum distribution. | 1/1/2025 |
Source(s): Littler, received on November 25, 2024