Over the weekend, the General Assembly approved a bill prohibiting employers, including the state and its political subdivisions, from asking, or directing a third-party to ask, about a prospective employee’s wage and salary history.
I have previously discussed the measure here. There were a few versions floating around and it was House Bill 5386 that
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to conduct "voir dire" — an outdated Latin phrase meaning "to speak the truth" — which is the process in which we select jurors for a possible trial.
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(Why we are all still forced to use the phrase "voir dire" instead of "juror questioning" is perhaps a
The Connecticut Supreme Court today ruled (in a decision that will be "officially released" on June 24, 2008) that an agreement between an employer and his employees to defer an
employee’s past wages until the employer receives revenue sufficient to pay those wages, is contrary to public policy , therefore, an invalid defense in a
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning asked the government for its views on whether workers may
settle Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims with their employers. The SCOTUS Blog has the details:
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. Solicitor General for the government’s view on whether workers may settle with their employers