A workplace can be hostile when the harassed employee does not directly witness the harassing misconduct. The fact that the employee learns second-hand of harassing misconduct (e.g. racially derogatory comments; lewd jokes) can create a hostile work environment. This is ...
Read MoreThe FMLA allows for the retroactive designation of leave. This is an important feature of the FMLA as it can serve to protect the employee from being ...
View MoreThe EEOC has issued new guidance permitting employers to administer a COVID-19 test (a test to detect the presence of the COVID-19 virus) before ...
View MoreLayoffs and furloughs have been numerous because of COVID-19. For employees, there is an important difference between furloughs and layoffs. What is a ...
View MoreThe Families First Coronavirus Response Act provides emergency relief to workers adversely impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic. The Families First ...
View MoreIf you have lost your job or not being assigned work hours due to the Coronavirus, then you should apply for Connecticut Unemployment Insurance ...
View MoreThe lawyers at Sabatini and Associates have defeated yet another motion for summary judgment filed by a defendant - the former employer of our client ...
View MoreThe trial court recently sustained our objection to an employer's motion for summary judgment in a workers' compensation retaliation case. Our client ...
View MoreThe lawyers at Sabatini and Associates have successfully fought off an employer's motion for summary judgment in a sexual harassment case. The ...
View MoreIt is not uncommon for an employer who wants to terminate an employee for an illegal reason (such as discrimination) to first attempt to get the ...
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