By: Anthony Califano, Christina Duszlak, Reeves Gillis, and Nicole Ricker

Seyfarth Synopsis: Connecticut’s new warehouse quota law—effective July 1, 2026—requires employers operating warehouse distribution centers to disclose productivity quotas to non-exempt workers and to maintain detailed work speed data. Employers who fail to provide the required notice may not take an adverse action against an employee for

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By Jennifer L. Mora and Anthony S. Califano

Synopsis: On September 5, 2018, a federal district court in Connecticut granted summary judgment to a job applicant after an employer refused to hire her because she tested positive for marijuana in a pre-employment drug test. The decision, Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., LLC, d/b/a Bride Brook Nursing & Rehab.
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By Pamela Q. Devata , Robert T. Szyba, and Stacey L. Blecher

Seyfarth Synopsis: Over the past few years, restrictions regarding the use of credit checks by employers on applicants and employees have been passed at various state and municipal levels, and the federal government has indicated its own concerns of potential discriminatory impact of the use of
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