A recent Connecticut Appellate Court decision should raise the eyebrows for every employer in the food service and hospitality industry. The case, Gentile-Riaz v. Samo Thraki, LLC, officially released last month, allowed a retaliatory discharge claim to proceed when an employee complained to a municipal health district about unsanitary conditions at her workplace. While
The Connecticut Appellate Court issued a ruling that employers need to understand when dealing with pregnant employees. The case, Long v. Town of Putnam, reversed summary judgment for the employer and remanded the case to trial.
According to the court’s opinion, Cassie Long was hired as Assistant Finance Director in June 2019. On her
A new decision from the state Appellate Court, Paniccia v. Success Village Apartments, Inc., delivers some clarity for employers facing wage claims under Connecticut General Statutes § 31-72. The bottom line? When employees win wage cases, the “costs” they can recover are limited to statutory taxable costs—not every litigation expense they incurred.
The Connecticut Appellate Court just released Golden v. WorldQuant Predictive Technologies, LLC, and while the decision covers several arbitration issues (more on another one of those in a future post), there’s one lesson that should have companies reviewing their arbitration clauses: a well-drafted attorney fee provision can be the difference between winning and actually
A new case officially released today by the Connecticut Appellate Court Begley v. State, won’t revolutionize employment law, but it’s a useful reminder of how retaliation claims can fall apart when the factual foundation crumbles. For employers facing retaliation allegations, this case illustrates exactly what plaintiffs need to prove — and what happens when
In a decision that will be officially released tomorrow, the Connecticut Appellate Court waded back in the tip credit waters, providing clarity for hospitality employers regarding some pre-2022 tip credit recordkeeping requirements. While this ruling is a victory for a few restaurant employers in the short run, legislative changes in 2022 make the victory essentially
In a decision that reaffirms the strength of arbitration awards and the limits of judicial review, the Connecticut Appellate Court reversed a trial court’s decision to vacate an arbitration award reinstating a police sergeant terminated for use of force during an arrest. The case, City of Torrington v. Council 4, AFSCME, offers some important
Does the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA) include claims of associational discrimination based on an employee’s association with a disabled individual?
That was the issue before the Connecticut Appellate Court in Demarco v. Charter Oak Temple Restoration Assn., Inc. decided yesterday.
The Court held that Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-60 (b) (1) of CFEPA
Employment discrimination claims are often decided on the merits of the claim. Courts routinely have to answer the question: Did the employer discriminate on the basis of a protected class against an employee in terminating the employment of that individual?
But there’s another class of cases that can resolved on procedural grounds, often times in
In prior posts, I’ve talked about the difficulty for employers in getting a motion for summary judgment granted in state court in discrimination cases.
(Motions for summary judgment are procedural tools that can be used when there are no disputed issues of material fact and therefore the court can decide the case on law