Earlier this week, the Judiciary Committee (by a 25-16 vote) approved of Senate Bill 132, being labelled by it’s proponents as the “Time’s Up” bill but covers both harassment and discrimination cases. I covered an announcement of this a while back.
As the bill moves closer to consideration now to the state Senate, it’s
In one of my very first posts way back in 2007, I said this:
For employment lawyers and HR professionals, it’s “old” news that overtime lawsuits are a major concern. Business Week picks up on that trend in next week’s Cover Story entitled: “Wage Wars: Does your Boss Owe You Overtime”.
According to
In last week’s post about an important new free speech case from the Connecticut Superior Court, I highlighted one aspect of the court’s ruling.
Today’s post addresses another aspect — though this may have more significance to practitioners in the area than anything else.
Connecticut’s free speech statute, Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 31-51q, contains
Alter egos are all the rage right now with The Avengers well on its way to becoming one of the most popular movies of all time.
Hearing about a new case out of the Second Circuit, it would be easy to conclude the Court was getting into the superhero business with the establishment of a
In sexual harassment cases, the U.S. Supreme Court (in what’s known as the Faragher/Ellerth cases) over a decade ago laid out the rules for when an employer could use an "affirmative defense" — in Monopoly terms, a "Get Out of Jail" free card.
This defense can be used by employers
