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Employment Discrimination Complaints at CHRO Up Slightly in 2009-2010

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC

The conventional wisdom in a down economy is that employment discrimination claims will skyrocket. While there have been some indications of that at a national level, the numbers in Connecticut tell a very different story. The state agency in Connecticut responsible for investigating discrimination complaints recently released its annual report (download here) for the fiscal… Continue Reading

CHRO Annual Report Shows Surprising Drop in Complaints Filed

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Discrimination & Harassment

With the local economy suffering the effects of the economic recession, the prevailing wisdom of experts has been that the number of discrimination claims filed would continue to skyrocket. However, as I’ve pointed out before, we just haven’t seen that trend in Connecticut play out. New data just released by the Connecticut Commission on Human… Continue Reading

Federal District Court of Connecticut Statistics for 2008 Show Some Surprises

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

Time for a few multiple-choice questions: 1. In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, the number of cases filed in federal court in Connecticut was: a) up significantly over 2007; b) about the same as 2007; c) markedly down from 2007. 2. Since 2003, the number of cases filed and pending in the federal… Continue Reading