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Over the last few days, Twitter has been a-twittering with buzz that the Department of Labor has sent the final overtime rules to the OMB.

This is the equivalent of one department sending another one an e-mail with the new rules. Why? Because it’s just

Suppose an employee files a complaint against your company and it’s quickly dealt with.  Now suppose, ten months later, that you, the employer, fire that employee  — ostensibly for financial reasons.  Is the timing between the original complaint and the termination enough to support a claim for retaliation?Courtesy Library of Congress, Flickr "office"

Previous federal court cases in Connecticut have