Recently, the CHRO provided an update on the status of cases at the commission. In a comment to the blog, Charles Krich reported “the ratio of cases closed to cases filed is a bit over 90% during the July 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012 period (3/4 of this fiscal year). In FY 11 the
Employers in Connecticut (and other states) have a whole host of notices that must go up in a common meeting area for employees to see.
But what happens when an employer forgets to do the postings, or, worse, purposely avoids putting those posters up?
A recent federal
My thanks to my colleague, Mick Lavelle, who has drafted the following post on a noteworthy issue decided today by the Connecticut Appellate Court. For employers with long-standing discrimination claims, it’s worth understanding what the statute of limitations are on such claims.
Most employers know that claims of employment discrimination can be brought under
Back in February, I noted that not all U.S. Supreme Court cases are created equal and warned employers not to get too excited about a case that was then being argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — Lewis v. City of Chicago.
Yesterday, the Court released its unanimous decision (download here)
There is a common misconception about the U.S. Supreme Court that all cases that it rules on are created equal.
They’re not. Some take on more significance than others.
Case in point: Lewis v. City of Chicago, which was argued yesterday (transcript available here). I’ve previously discussed the case in an earlier post
Another manic Monday. So it’s time to roll out another edition of quick hits where I highlight stories you might have missed over the last week or two.
If you should never judge a book by its cover, you can never judge a legislative bill from its title.
After all, you would think that a bill about "Penalties for Violations of Certain Personnel Files Statutes" (H.B. 6185) would actually be a bill about thos
e violations.
While that may have been in the
UPDATED 5/19/09
The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this morning.
First, in a 7-2 decision, the Court held that an employer (in.jpg)
this case AT&T) did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it gave less retirement credit for pregnancy leaves that occurred prior to the passage of the act.
In addition, the
To bring state law employment discrimination claims to court, it is well-known that an employee has to first file the claim with the state agency responsible for investigating the claim (the CHRO) (Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 46a-101(a)). And most people believe that all the employee has to do is then wait for the CHRO
One of the more interesting television shows out there now is the Emmy award-winning "The Amazing Race". At the start of the show, the host shouts, "Ready, Set, Go!" and off the contestants go on a race around the world places as yet unknown.
That, in essence, is what 2009 is shaping up to be in