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Workers Compensation Remains the Exclusive Alternative to Employee Lawsuits

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

While the blog takes a few days off, my colleague Mick Lavelle has this update on a notable Connecticut case.    Accidents and injuries are unfortunately a fact of life in the workplace, especially on industrial or construction sites.  But there are rarely any personal injury lawsuits by employees against their employers.  That is because long ago, workers… Continue Reading

Changes to Personnel Files Act…And Much Much More (Including Big Expansion of State’s Wage Discrimination Laws)

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

If you should never judge a book by its cover, you can never judge a legislative bill from its title. After all, you would think that a bill about "Penalties for Violations of Certain Personnel Files Statutes" (H.B. 6185) would actually be a bill about those violations. While that may have been in the original… Continue Reading

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 Passes Senate, 61-36; President Will Sign

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

Earlier this evening, the U.S. Senate — after hours of debate on various amendments this afternoon — passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 by a vote of 61-36.  Both Connecticut senators, Dodd and Lieberman, voted in favor of the measure.  You can read the full text of the bill here.  President Obama… Continue Reading