Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Law360 about developments regarding “safe” leave laws.

As long-time readers of this blog now, Connecticut passed its family violence leave law back in 2010.

The law prohibits an employer from terminating, penalizing, threatening, or otherwise coercing an employee with respect to his or her employment because

Last week, Law360 quoted me in an article on marital status discrimination. (They timed it for Valentine’s Day; make of that what you will.)

The gist of the article is that marital status discrimination is something for employers to be mindful of.

And for that premise, I’m in agreement. Several states, including Connecticut, explicitly