Blog Posts in 2008
Posted on Dec 22, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
A South Carolina jury recently awarded a woman $3.1 million verdict in her defamation case against Target. The woman was shopping at Target when she was confronted by Target employees who accused her ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2008 By Michael King
The Ninth Circuit has held in a recent case that "offensive conduct that is not facially sex-specific nonetheless may violate Title VII if there is sufficient circumstantial evidence of qualitative ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Connecticut's anti-discrimination law prohibits discrimination in employment against any employee who is gay, lesbian or bisexual or who is identifed as being gay, lesbian or bisexual. You do not have ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Millions of Americans with diseases or impairments such as diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, cancer and carpal tunnel syndrome will be protected from job discrimination under a new disability rights ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Bullying in the Connecticut workplace is not illegal. We receive many phone calls and emails from Connecticut workers who are being verbally abused and bullied in the office and believe that they have ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
on September 22, 2008 6:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) What is a hostile work environment? A work environment may be found to be "hostile" when managers or co-workers are engaging ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request by global shipping giant FedEx to review a $100,000 punitive damages award against it for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a deaf package ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Claims of employment discrimination are evaluated under the burden shifting analysis set forth in Ford v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc., 216 Conn. 40, 53-54, 578 A.2d 1054 (1990). ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Two new categories of FMLA leave were created by a 2008 amendment: Injured Service Member Leave. Employees who are the spouse, parent, child or "next of kin" of a service member who suffers a serious ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Vincent Sabatini is pleased to announce that he recently obtained a settlement for a client whose husband had past away. Prior to his death, our client and her husband refinanced their home with Wells ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
on August 28, 2008 7:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) The US Supreme Court has ruled that the federal civil rights laws that protect employees from unlawful discrimination also ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Many statements of bias evidence open hostility toward the protected class, and are thus readily recognizable as direct evidence of discriminatory animus. However, certain statements that are not ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
The number of Discrimination Charges filed with the EEOC increased to 82,792 in 2007 , up from 75,768 the previous year. Race, Gender and Retaliation charges were the most frequently reported charges. ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
The Memphis based broker Morgan Keegan is under fire for allegedly selling toxic debt to seniors. Multiple lawsuits have been filed charging the firm with failing to disclose to investors the risks of ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2008 By James V. Sabatini
Can a former employer give a bad reference for a terminated employee under Connecticut law? The short answer is yes. Contrary to popular belief, there is no Connecticut law that prohibits a former ...
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