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Disability Discrimination – What is a Disability?

May 4, 2015April 23, 2018 by mnotz

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Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats an individual with a disability who is an employee or applicant unfavorably because he/she has a disability. This includes not hiring, not promoting, not accommodating, or terminating someone because of a known or perceived as disability. What is a disability? It is not…

COMING SOON – REVISED CONNECTICUT Personnel Files Act Law

June 10, 2013April 23, 2018 by mnotz

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COMING SOON – REVISED CONNECTICUT Personnel Files Act Law Sometimes it is the little things in law that can make a world of difference for the employee and give Human Resources personnel a headache. This past week, one of those special little things occurred when the Connecticut General Assembly issued…

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…