A few weeks ago, I came across a new class action lawsuit filed against a national delivery service. The case involves a simple issue: the company allegedly failed to pay an employee their final wages promptly after termination.
The complaint states that the employer paid the employee by direct deposit three
I’ve talked previously about how there are two sets of laws in Connecticut regarding claims arising from termination. There is the law arising from statutes – like the one I discussed this week– and then there is the common law that recognizes a “wrongful discharge”.
“Wrongful Discharge” claims were recognized by our state Supreme
A few weeks ago, I talked about the impact that a public health emergency might have on employers and the statute addressing such emergencies. Today, Governor Ned Lamont invoked those provisions in declaring a public health emergency.
But in doing so, he also invoked another provision, Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 28-9 –– the civil
With Memorial Day coming up this weekend, it’s often a time (or it ought to be a time) to reflect on the sacrifices made by our military. And at the same time, consider how we, as a society, treat our veterans.
This issue was highlighted for me many years ago. During a court proceeding
As I did last year, after I posted on the general statistics of the CHRO to see if we could glean any trends, I took a deeper dive into what the statistics this year show. And there were definitely a few surprises.
Obviously, at the risk of repeating yesterday’s post, FY 2015-2016 was
Time once again to bring back an occasional feature that takes a look at stories that have now fallen from the local newspapers’ headlines. After all, have you ever noticed that it is somehow "big news" that a lawsuit is filed but you rarely hear about a lawsuit’s dismissal?
This installment updates the lawsuit that