Connecticut employment law attorney Archives - Employee Rights

CT’S Proposed Employment Law Protections for Domestic Workers

January 11, 2016April 23, 2018 by mnotz

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CONNECTICUT'S PROPOSED RAISED BILL NO. 5527Are you a Companion, Nanny or a Home Health Aide? Did you know that if you work as one, you are entitled by law to a variety of legally protected rights specific to the type of work that you perform? But, Domestic Workers do not…

An Employers Use of an Employee’s Criminal or Arrest Record May be Discriminatory

December 18, 2012April 23, 2018 by mnotz

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In 2012, the EEOC issued a new Guidance outlining how and when an "employer’s use of an individual’s criminal history in making employment decisions may, in some instances, violate the prohibition against employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended." Employee Rights has successfully resolved…