Two stories over the last few weeks have been percolating that may be of interest to employers in Connecticut. You may not see the impact immediately, but the implications are certainly there.
First, the EEOC is now looking to conduct more direct investigations — that is, investigations that are initiated without any claim by an
The title of this post is, of course, a bit misleading. Any lawyer will tell you that each employment case you may have is unique and that any settlement must take into account the facts and circumstances of the particular case.
All true. And, if your company is negotiating a settlement, you ought to have
Last year, employers were taken aback when a New Jersey court ruled that an employee did have some expectation of privacy of e-mails she sent to her attorney using work computers. The case, Stengart v. Loving Care Agency became one of the most talked about cases of the year.
Last week, a California court came
Former Hartford resident Mark Twain once wrote: "The Report of My 
Death Was An Exaggeration".
The same can be said, I believe, of reports from a case out of Florida on confidentiality. Rick Hayber, who writes the Connecticut Employee Rights Blog, discussed the case earlier this week and asked for my views. In the case
In posts earlier this week, I’ve discussed what the NLRB’s Connecticut Office is doing and what to expect for 2010. 
But as I continue to recap the breakfast I attended earlier in the week with NLRB (Region 34) Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg, of particular importance to employers was the discussion about what issues the
With the Super Bowl over, there are many in Connecticut who would love to start paying attention to 
baseball (after all, pitchers and catchers report to spring training in about two weeks).
Fortunately, there’s been plenty of drama for New York Yankees fans this week with the release of former manager Joe Torre’s new