A recent Connecticut Appellate Court decision should raise the eyebrows for every employer in the food service and hospitality industry. The case, Gentile-Riaz v. Samo Thraki, LLC, officially released last month, allowed a retaliatory discharge claim to proceed when an employee complained to a municipal health district about unsanitary conditions at her workplace. While
Three years ago, I floated the idea that perhaps an agency could come up with a modest “amnesty” program that would give employers a chance to get into compliance with FLSA laws, without facing the draconian consequences such an admission might entail.
Now, late yesterday, the United States Department of Labor announced its own pilot
Oh, Mystic Pizza!
In Connecticut, we all know that Mystic Pizza isn’t the best pizza in the state. (I’m not even going to get into the argument about Pepe’s, Sally’s, or Modern in New Haven.) One of my favorites is actually Harry’s Bishops Corner.
But Mystic Pizza still has a place in many