My good friend, Jon Hyman of the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, probably said it best this morning:
I try to shy away from hyperbole, but OH MY GOD, THIS CASE COULD BE RUINOUS!!!
Yeah, pretty much.
So, if you — like me — have been
Earlier this month, I posted on a bill pending before the Connecticut General Assembly that would have changed the statute of limitations for filing employment discrimination claims and allowed a Complainant to ask for a release of jurisdiction of the CHRO as soon as possible.
This week, the Labor & Public Employee Committee approved of
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:
The Connecticut Business and Industry Association takes a minute every day to share information that is relevant to businesses across the state. Of course, because that minute airs at 5:59 a.m. on WTIC-AM (1080), you may miss it from time to time.
Starting Monday, however, you’ll be able to listen to a series of interviews
In a hearing earlier today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discussed the "devastating impact" that age discrimination has on workplaces and employees.
For employers, however, the most notable item from the hearing was the release of new technical guidance regarding separation agreements and the waivers of age discrimination claims contained in such agreements. You can
Although I’ve been sounding the alarm bells for the last two months or so, on the new COBRA subsidy provisions, I’ve had informal discussions with various colleagues that suggest that some employers are either ignorant of the new rules or do not believe that the rules apply to them. Here are three areas why most
With all the talk about layoffs, separation agreements have moved front-and-center to the discussion on how companies can reduce their liability exposure.
But how much severance should a company offer to its employees when laying them off?
There is, of course, no set rule in Connecticut — or the United States — on how much severance