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Fox 61 Reporter Discrimination Case: FAQ, Analysis and What’s Next – Part I

Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation

The filing of a discrimination complaint at the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has certainly garnered a wide variety of responses from the local and national media. Indeed, yesterday, I was one of several invited guests to appear on WNPR’s "Where We Live". (You can download the podcast here.) But what’s been lacking… Continue Reading

Fox 61 Reporter Files Age and Gender Discrimination Claim with CHRO; Is History Repeating Itself?

Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation

Over ten years ago, former WFSB (Channel 3) news anchor Janet Peckinpaugh shook up the media market in Hartford with claims of gender and age discrimination against her former news station. She claimed that she had been let go because she had gotten too old. At the time, the case had all the elements of… Continue Reading