New Seniority Rehire Law Creates Hurdles For Companies Looking To Rebound From Pandemic

Employment and Labor partner Glenn W. Dowd is quoted in the Hartford Business Journal article, "New Seniority Rehire Law Creates Hurdles for Companies Looking to Rebound from Pandemic." Dowd discusses how the law effectively sets aside at-will employment that is standard through the United States.

"I've never seen anything like it," Dowd said. "Every single large hotel chain or restaurant chain already reeling from the effects of COVID and that had to lay off employees is looking at these draconian rehire provisions."

Read the full article here.