As published in the July 25, 2011 Connecticut Law Tribune Editor’s Note: This is the third in a six-part series examining how employment law issue s specifically affect law firms. Next week’s article will focus on how keeping proper paperwork is crucial to demonstrating legal compliance and minimizing litigation. Most lawyers, and probably most Americans, [...]
New York City employers will now have to make an even greater effort to grant an employee’s request for religious accommodation. The Workplace Religious Freedom Act which was signed into law on August 30, 2011, is effective immediately. This new law increases the burden employers face when defending their denial of a religious accommodation. Previously, [...]
Have you ever wondered if you can reject applicants if you discover they previously sued their employer for wage and hour violations? In our litigious society, you may have worried that you would be sued for retaliation. Until recently we would have agreed. The Fourth Circuit just ruled that a prospective employee did not have [...]
Ricci v. DeStefano, a case that garnered national media attention, has finally come to a close as the City of New Haven, Connecticut offered to pay over $5 million to conclude the case. In 2003, Caucasian firefighters claimed reverse discrimination because the City of New Haven threw out their promotion test results because too few [...]
A federal court recently ruled a female employee who contributed to the sexually charged work environment did not establish that she was so offended by male coworkers’ conduct as to constitute sexual harassment. While the environment which persisted at this company is by no means a model for all employers to live by, the case [...]