There are lots of items I had hoped to write about but, as many of you have observed, there’s only so much time in the week. So, it’s time to bring back the recurring “Quick Hits” feature to highlight some tidbits worthy of your consideration:
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If your employees want to bring a class action against your company claiming that they should’ve been paid overtime, there are typically two ways to do so: Bring a claim under state law, or bring a claim under federal law (Fair Labor Standards Act).
There’s a big difference:
With all the snow piling up, there’s been a lot I’ve been meaning to get to but haven’t. So, it’s time to bring back the "Quick Hits" feature where I recap some of the employment law tidbits you might have missed recently.
While I dig back out from vacation, my colleague Jon Orleans forwarded this update on a recent case in the Second Circuit. While the case is from New York, it may ultimately have some implications in Connecticut if it is appealed. 
A recent decision from the Southern District of New York certifies an FLSA
Employers who have shunned using arbitration agreements for fear that they will be overturned, will want to take a look at a recent federal court decision that uph
eld an arbitration agreement that had provisions that some would consider very pro-employer.
In Pomposi v. GameStop, Inc. (download here), the employer moved to dismiss a
With the dog days of summer in full force here in Connecticut ("it’s the heat AND the humidity"), it seemed an appropriate time to roll out another installment of the "Quick Hits" feature to touch on a few items you might have missed over the last week or so:
U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Bryant is having a busy week. Today, she released a decision certifying a FLSA class action against Smith & Hawken based on an alleged failure to pay overtime.
In Holbrook v. Smith & Hawken, Ltd., the Plaintiff, a former assistant store manager (ASM) in the Glastonbury, Connecticut store, claimed