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Dismissal of Federal Discrimination Suit May Bar State Law Remedy

A recent Connecticut Appellate Court ruling highlights how important it is for employees and their attorneys to think carefully about whether to file employment discrimination claims in federal or state Read More

New Law Requires Salary Range Disclosures, Clamps Down on Gender-Based Pay Discrimination

Connecticut employers will soon be required to disclose to job applicants and current employees the salary ranges for all positions at their companies under a new law signed by Governor Read More

How the “Cancel Culture” Affects Your Rights at Work

“Cancel culture” is defined as the practice of withdrawing support for an individual or organization after they have done something that might be considered objectionable. Although cancel culture is usually Read More

How Connecticut’s ‘Time’s Up Act’ Attempts to Cut Down on Sexual Harassment

June 18 will mark two years since Governor Ned Lamont expanded and strengthened Connecticut’s laws against workplace sexual harassment by signing the “Time’s Up Act.” Passed in response to the Read More

Court Rejects Teacher’s Wrongful Discharge Claim Stemming from Possible On-the-Job Health Risks

In Connecticut, a worker who is employed “at will” can be fired for almost any reason that is not discriminatory or violative of an important public policy. A recent state Read More

Proposed Law Would Greatly Expand Sick Leave for Connecticut Workers

Connecticut lawmakers have put forward a bill that would grant paid sick leave to thousands of workers who are not eligible under current law. In 2011, Connecticut became the first state Read More

How Businesses Can Comply with COVID-19 Executive Orders

By the end of March 2021, more than 1.7 million doses of vaccine had been administered in Connecticut. Governor Ned Lamont, encouraged by the progress of the vaccine, has recently Read More

Connecticut Adopts CROWN Act, Banning Hairstyle-Based Discrimination in the Workplace

Following a multistate trend, Connecticut has enacted a law forbidding discrimination against employees and job applicants who have hairstyles commonly associated with race. The CROWN Act (short for “An Act Read More

Travel Risks in the Age of COVID

A winter coronavirus surge is hitting many parts of the country, spurred in part by holiday gatherings that became spreader events. In Connecticut, we have averaged between 2,000 and 3,000 Read More

COVID-19 & WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS

  In prior blogs I have written about employee rights as they relate to Workers’ Compensation benefits for on the job injuries (READ MORE), as well as claims for retaliation as Read More

GRIEVANCE: RINALDI ET AL ADV. STAMFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL

IN THE MATTER OF:  MICHAEL RINALDI, INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANT AND STAMFORD ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, CORORATE GRIEVANT  ADV.   TAMU LUCERO, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND ROBERT A. STACY, ESQ., SPHR, EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENTS AND STAMFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION, CORPORATE Read More

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND THE PRINCIPAL EMPLOYER RULE

  In a recent decision, the Connecticut Appellate Court had occasion to review the circumstances where an employee of a subcontractor can maintain a claim for workers compensation benefits against the Read More

NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYERS IN CONNECTICUT

  A new law, effective October 1, 2019, imposes additional requirements on employers in Connecticut.  Previously, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (the “CHRO”) could require employers with at least 50 Read More

PTSD COVERAGE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN CONNECTICUT

  A new law recently went into effect in Connecticut, effective July 1, 2019, which provides workers’ compensation benefits for certain mental or emotional impairments and mental health care for police Read More

RETALIATORY DISCHARGE FOR EXERCISING RIGHTS UNDER THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT:

  You suffer an injury on the job, file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, and coincidentally begin to notice subtle differences in the way your employer treats you. Then, in Read More

CT LAWMAKERS STAND DOWN ON THREAT TO OVERRIDE VETO OF RESTAURANT BILL

  Legislative leaders gathered last week in what was originally intended to be an attempt to override one of Gov. Ned Lamont’s first vetoes of a proposed bill.  The bill was intended Read More

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