It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
It’s the time when I delve into the annual report of case statistics released by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. It’s a time to look for trends. And yes, I get excited about this report every year.
The most obvious trend? Case filings are down.
On Friday, I presented a program on “Paid FMLA: Does It Leave You Confused?” at my firm’s semi-annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar, along with my Shipman & Goodwin colleague Chris Neary.
Suffice to say that while the pun was well received, we had a number of attendees who left the seminar understanding that the
As I continue to work on a major redesign and relaunch that I hope (!) to roll out by month’s end which has held up some blog posts, my colleague Gary Starr returns this morning with a new post regarding a recent Connecticut court decision and temps.
Employers who use a staffing company to supplement
Is more change on the way to the CHRO?
This week, the Connecticut Law Tribune reported on some significant legislative proposals that continue to be floated. One of them would take the agency and move it to the Judicial Branch.
Previous proposals would consolidate the agency with other ones but keep much of the same
Imagine there’s no …..
A few years ago it would have been unfathomable to be considering life in Connecticut without a Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. After all, it is a necessary step in filing a discrimination complaint in this state.
Imagining a Connecticut without the CHRO? No way.
But suddenly, dramatically,
Sometime last summer, Connecticut attorney Karen Lee Torre sparked a few fires with her suggestion to eliminate the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities — the organization charged with, among other duties, investigating and remedying discrimination in the workplace. (You can find my prior posts on the exchange here, here and here.)
In Connecticut, it’s well known that the state agency responsible for investigating complaints, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) has been the subject of lots of discussion and criticism for over a decade, dating back to the years under Executive Director Louis Martin.
Recently, a new series of criticisms have been