As seen in the January, 30 2012 CT Law Tribune
The Obama Administration may go down in history as the Administration of Enforcement: investigations of worker misclassification and wage and hour issues are way up. Now we’re seeing it also applies to the civil rights arena. Last year was a record-setting year for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It received more charges than ever, resolved [...]
Credit checks may become a thing of the past for most employers. Seven states (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, and Washington) have laws prohibiting employers from checking credit reports unless there is a nexus to actual job responsibilities. However, these laws do permit credit checks on applicants whose jobs provide access to company or [...]
As published in the July 25, 2011 CT Law Tribune
A bad reference is costing one aviation company nearly a third of a million dollars. A jury decided Tradewinds Aviation maliciously sent a reference letter regarding former employee Jeffrey Nelson, costing him a job offer with another company. Although Nelson, a pilot, had lost his job due to downsizing, the letter from Tradewinds said he [...]