Polauf Law LLC
Analysis and commentary on Connecticut employment law.
What Connecticut employees need to know before signing a severance agreement — what you are giving up, what cannot be waived, and when the offer is not worth accepting.
Practical standards for competent AI use in legal practice: tool selection, reasonable diligence, data protection, and verification, drawn from existing Model Rule obligations.
Connecticut law starts from a simple premise: wages belong to the employee, and deductions are the exception. This piece maps the five lawful paths under Conn. Gen. Stat. sec. 31-71e, addresses the front-loaded sick leave deduction issue, and covers recordkeeping obligations.
Connecticut employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors face serious exposure under the state ABC test, the FLSA economic-realities analysis, and IRS common-law control standards. Workers should read before they sign.
An updated look at why front-loading Connecticut paid sick leave still matters in 2025 and what employers who haven't yet adopted it should do now.
Pending Connecticut legislation could dramatically expand CFEPA liability for employers: here's what the proposed changes mean and how to prepare.
Employment Practices Liability Insurance is widely misunderstood as a substitute for legal counsel. Here's why it's often a bad deal for employers.
Antitrust law and employment regulations share a common destructive trait: both suppress innovation under the guise of protecting competition and workers.
A critical look at how anti-discrimination principles are applied inconsistently between government policy and private employment law obligations.
Many standard employee handbook disclaimers are legally illusory, providing a false sense of security while creating new liability. Here's what to omit.
Employee handbooks are a strategic investment, not just a legal formality. This post covers the benefits, common mistakes, and misconceptions employers have when developing them.
Part 2: Why true employment compliance requires attorneys, not just HR administrators, and the risks businesses take by substituting one for the other.
How the ABA's regulatory failures have left businesses exposed to unauthorized legal practice in the HR compliance space, and why it matters.
Connecticut's 2025 paid sick leave amendments create compliance burdens, but the front-loading provision offers employers a practical path to simplified administration and cost control.
