Recent Posts in CT Employment Discrimination Category
Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Attorney James Sabatini
The law firm has been retained by a young woman who has been subjected to pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. Employed by a Fortune 500 company, our client was subjected to discrimination ...
Continue reading "Law Firm Retained In Pregnancy Discrimination Case" »
Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By Attorney James Sabatini
It is illegal for an employer in Connecticut to terminate or in any manner discriminate against an employee for filing a claim for workers' compensation benefits or otherwise exercising his or her ...
Continue reading "Workers' Compensation Retaliation & Discrimination - An Overview" »
Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
It is illegal under Connecticut law for an employer to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy. Under C.G.S. Section 46a-60(a)(7) an employer is prohibited from: 1. Terminating an employee because of ...
Continue reading "Connecticut's Law on Pregnancy Discrimination" »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
Attorney James Sabatini recently secured a $100,000.00 settlement for a client in a FMLA and disability discrimination case. The settlement was obtained after suit was filed and written discovery had ...
Continue reading "Attorney James Sabatini Secures $100,000 FMLA & Disability Discrimination Settlement" »
Posted on Feb 18, 2011 By Attorney James Sabatini
The answer is no. If you filed a CHRO complaint and the CHRO did not find initial merit, it does not mean that your case is over. Furthermore, it does not mean that the CHRO was correct in finding ...
Continue reading "CHRO Did Not Find Initial Merit - Is My Case Lost?" »
Posted on Aug 26, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
The job market is bad. It is even worse for disabled workers. The US government recently released a detailed study that showed in 2009 the average unemployment rate for disabled workers was 14.5%. ...
Continue reading "Bad Job Market Even Worse For The Disabled" »
Posted on May 6, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
In Gross v. FBL Financial Services Inc., the United States Supreme Court changed the standard of proof for workers who sue under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Under the Court's 5-4 ...
Continue reading "Legislation Introduced to Override Gross v. FBL Financial Services" »
Posted on Jan 22, 2010 By James V. Sabatini
In a previous blog post, I commented on sexual harassment of young women in the workplace. It is a real and growing problem - confirmed by statistics kept by the EEOC. According to an EEOC ...
Continue reading "Young Workers and Sexual Harassment In The Workplace" »
Posted on Sep 25, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
Can disabled workers be terminated after being away from work for more than the 12 weeks under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? The answer is usually no. Often these workers have been ...
Continue reading "Can You Be Legally Fired If Your Disability Requires More Than 12 Weeks Of Unpaid FMLA Leave?" »
Posted on Aug 7, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
The PDA amends Title VII to prohibit an employer from treating pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions any differently than it treats other temporary disabilities for purposes of ...
Continue reading "Pregnancy Discrimination Act - An Overview" »
Posted on Jun 1, 2009 By James V. Sabatini
Every year hundreds of thousands of teen workers in the United States are subjected to unlawful sexual harassment. The teen employees are typically subjected to sexual harassment by their supervisors. ...
Continue reading "Teen Sexual Harassment In The Workplace" »
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 ...
Continue reading "Connecticut Law Prohibits Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation" »
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 ...
Continue reading "New Legislation Improves Protection Of Disabled Workers Under The ADA" »
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 ...
Continue reading "Bullying In The Connecticut Workplace" »
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 ...
Continue reading "Hostile Work Environment Explained" »
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). ...
Continue reading "Proving CT Employment Discrimination - Burden Shifting Analysis" »