It’s not very often that the Connecticut Supreme Court considers employment law issues.
But today, two notable cases are being argued in front of the court. Both could have an impact on employers in the state.
In Patino v. Birken Manufacturing, the court is being
The Department of Labor today proposed new regulations of the FMLA that would explain further the military family leave provisions and incorporate some special provisions for airline flight crews.
The new proposed regulations are in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 which amended the FMLA to extend the military caregiver
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Garcetti v. Ceballos that an employee’s speech pursuant to the employee’s official job duties was not protected by the First Amendment, employers have attempted to use that case as a shield against free speech lawsuits by employees.
But a decision by a federal court in Connecticut late
Anyone who has read this blog for a while knows that I am a big fan of the Office of Legislative Research, a little-known office at the Connecticut General Assembly. They produce reports, backgrounders and items like that for legislators and release them to the public.
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The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) has released proposed new regulations that would require state agencies and the like to create an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan.
These regulations would not apply to private employers so many of you can dispense with the worrying.
The proposed regulations will replace the current ones. The
Popularity contests have never been my thing. And asking for votes is even less my thing too.
But as I recently noted, the popular Sad City Hartford blog has nominated me for the “Hot in Hartford” 2012 contest. It is a silly contest, as the blog authors readily concede, but a contest nonetheless.
For nearly six months, public hearings at the CHRO were on hold because Governor Malloy did not reappoint the human rights referees. As a result, cases that had been pending at the CHRO went nowhere — fast.
However, that is changing. Two new human rights referees were appointed this month and a third will
It doesn’t get much better than this for Connecticut residents.
Giants vs. Patriots for the Super Bowl.
In a state where the loyalties are divided, a Super Bowl rematch from four years ago is nirvana.
And with such interest and enthusiasm, friendly wagering among friends will no
The bench lost another notable judge this past week. Judge Peter Dorsey — who was the former chief judge of the District of Connecticut and who continued to serve despite taking “senior” status — died Friday at the age of 80.
I last appeared before Judge Dorsey very late last year. He had a wonderful
It’s so rare nowadays that the Connecticut Supreme Court rules on discrimination cases that, when I first took a look at its new decision in Duart v. Department of Corrections (download here) — officially released next week — I got excited. After all, the case is based on a claims of gender, race and sexual