From time to time, employers are faced with a quandary: When an employee has not been following the rules, do I fire the employee straight up? Or do I give the employee an opportunity to resign first, and potentially sign a settlement agreement?
Why might an employer do that? Well, it allows the employee to save face
With a possible snowstorm coming this weekend (or not) and another next week, no doubt there will be the usual rushing out to get milk and bread. But before you do so, here’s a bevy of stories from the last week to keep you updated on the latest in employment law affecting employers in
Busy end to the week so here’s a quick recap of some of the stories I’ve been hoping to write further about but have run out of time. There’s also a link or two to other stories of interest in Connecticut.
Reading the Second Circuit’s decision in Duch v. Jakubek (decided on Friday, December 4th), a distinct image came to mind: The ostrich who sticks its head in the sand.
Why the ostrich? Because, the Duch case discusses what to do with a supervisor who purposely ignores evidence of sexual harassment. And the court concludes that
In a decision that will be officially released on Tuesday, November 24th, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled that wrongful termination and breach of implied contract claims cannot be brought against the State of Connecticut due to the protections of sovereign i.jpg)
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The case Ware v. State of Connecticut (download here), will be
Yesterday, a group of black firefighters filed a motion to intervene in the Ricci v. DeStefano case claiming their rights will be "irrevocably impaired " if they aren’t allowed to join in the case. You can download the motion and the accompanying memorandum of law here. 
The motion was not unexpected though I’m not
I’m sometimes asked how I report on employment law cases in such a prompt manner. There’s no magic formula but I will let you in on a little shortcut I use to skim a series of new cases.
Instead of reading an entire case, my eyes first glance at the listed attorneys in the case.
Well, that didn’t take too long.
Just a few months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano, a black firefighter filed suit yesterday in U.S. District Court alleging that he was unfairly denied promotion to the position of lieutenant because of the city’s scoring of a 2003 promotional exam.
You can
From time to time, this blog features unedited interviews with people in the labor and employment arena who may be of interest to Connecticut employers. Today, I’m very pleased to have Nina Pirrotti address a few questions for the blog.
Nina is an attorney with the lawfirm of Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Chimes, Richardson & Fitzgerald, P.C.
The Second
Circuit has been a bit busier of late making it tougher to keep up with all the developments (though I would suggest the Wait a Second blog as a good site to follow to do so).
Yesterday, in McBride v. BIC Consumer Products (download here), the Second Circuit rejected an employee’s ADA claim