With the holiday weekend now firmly behind us (and hopefully the wet weather and storms behind us too), it seems like a good time to recap some items you might have missed over the last few weeks in employment law.
Although I tipped my hand yesterday through some posts (here and here) and an interview with the Connecticut Law Tribune, here are some takeaways for employers from the Ricci v. DeStefano case.
A further read-through of the Ricci v. DeStefano case today has reinforced my view that there are going to be some real lessons learned for employers out of this case. The case had the potential of being a very narrow decision which would have minimized the impact to employers. However, because the court addresses head-on
In closing out its 2008-09 term today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4, along ideological lines that the city of New Haven violated Title VII in refusing to promote a group of white firefighters and refusing to apply the results of a test that it claimed would have had a disparate impact on minorities. 
The
The news late Thursday afternoon came without warning from friends, a co-worker, and of course, Twitter. There was another death of a popular star. Suddenly. Tragically.
Jeff Goldblum was dead.
And yet, in the span of a day — when the world lost Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson — a rumor
Those waiting for a decision in the hotly-anticipated Ricci v. DeStefano case will have to wait a few more days (likely Monday). The U.S. Supreme Court released the decisions for the day this morning and Ricci was not among them. It is now expected to be released early next week. It is one of just
Leave it to the Supreme Court to come out with a decision on discrimination while I’m attending the ABA Presidential Summit on Diversity (which I’ll be live-tweeting and blogging from starting on Friday).
So, while I’ve been tied up for most of the day, the news sites and employment law blogs have been a buzz
A decision last week by the Second Circuit might seem fairly trivial. After all, the Court stamped a "summary order" in the case of Cunningham v. NY State Dept. of Labor (download here) on June 10, 2009 thereby making sure the case doesn’t have precedential effect.
But employers shouldn’t ignore this decision; it illustrates the
Tell the truth. Be consistent.
Those are common refrains among lawyers to clients. W
hy? Because inconsistencies are a crucial way for opposing parties to establish their case.
In employment cases, an employee may not have "direct" evidence of discrimination, but courts allow an employee to piece together evidence based on circumstances, including evidence that
With all the developments the last week or two with the Connecticut legislative session, it’s been difficult to keep up with everything ELSE happening in employment law.
So, time for a "Quick Hits" post, where I recap some of the stories you might have missed relating to the world of labor and employment law that might