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Employment Discrimination Complaints at CHRO Up Slightly in 2009-2010

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

Numbers Galore, Part II: Seven Full-time CHRO Human Rights Referees for Six Referee Decisions

Posted in CHRO & EEOC

AS UPDATED (9/9) Last week, I posted about the statistics released by the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.  (You can view the CHRO’s Annual Report here.)  Today, I continue to take a look behind the numbers and the implications for employers in Connecticut. Among the most striking of the statistics is this fact: Human Rights Referees… Continue Reading