Update August 16th: Late yesterday, I received further confirmation that the provisions regarding FMLA were withdrawn entirely from the proposed Democrat-led budget bill. Moreover, the General Assembly early this morning voted on a Republican version of the budget implementer, which now goes on to Governor Malloy (who has indicated he will veto the bill). That

ambulanceThe CHRO is no stranger to taking aggressive positions in the court system.

So, it can really be no surprise that the agency wanted to expand who is covered by the state’s anti-discrimination laws.

But the Connecticut Supreme Court, as it has done before, was having none of it.  The end result of the case

Last week, a federal judge in New York ruled that unpaid interns on the movie “Black Swan” should have been paid for their work, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

You can download the decision in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight here.  The court relied on the six factors that have been outlined by

As if to say, "…And We Really Mean It", the United States Department of Labor continued its publicity campaign on the issue of unpaid interns by releasing a Fact Sheet this week on whether and when interns need to be paid minimum wage or be treated as employees.

If you recall, earlier this month, the

With my work on the Law & Technology Symposium for the Connecticut Bar Foundation last week, there are several employment law topics that I haven’t had time to discuss in full.

While I’ve shared some of these links via my Twitter feed (which you can find at twitter.com/danielschwartz), I thought I would recap some

A quick update on the Mortgage Lenders Network matter I’ve covered a few times before (here and here.) 

Earlier this month, a Delaware bankruptcy court approved of a $2.7 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 1600 employees, many of whom worked in Connecticut.

The settlement, first reported