Quick Hits: USERRA Releases, DeepNet, World Cup, Telecommuting, Facebook...
Daniel SchwartzWith all the news about recent Supreme Court decisions, here are a few articles that you might of missed over the last few weeks: The Ohio Employer’s Law Blog reports on an interesting...
View ArticleSuperintendent, School Board Agree to Settlement After Alleged Facebook Posts
Daniel SchwartzIn a followup to a post of earlier this week, Windsor Locks and its Superintendent of Schools reached an agreement late yesterday in which the Superintendent agreed to resign in...
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What Ever Happened To….The Complaint Brought by a Fox 61 Reporter?
Daniel SchwartzRemember the buzz in 2009 about a complaint filed by a Fox 61 reporter (Shelly Sindland) that she had been discriminated against because of her age? You can find all of my stories about...
View ArticleShould I Fight Or Settle: The Strategic Business Decision
Daniel SchwartzA common question for employers when confronted with a lawsuit is this: Should I fight or try to settle? Unfortunately, that decision inevitably is a business one and often times...
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“Discourage Litigation….”
Daniel SchwartzNeed a hint on speaker? He lived here. At a recent settlement conference in federal court, the presiding judge read both parties a quote at the start of the process and asked the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Ricci v. DeStefano Plaintiffs Accept Offers Of Judgment
Daniel SchwartzNews outlets this morning reported that the plaintiffs (a group of firefighters in New Haven) in the Ricci v. DeStefano reverse discrimination case were awarded damages of about $2...
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The “Standard” Provisions in an Employment Settlement Agreement
Daniel SchwartzThe title of this post is, of course, a bit misleading. Any lawyer will tell you that each employment case you may have is unique and that any settlement must take into account the...
View ArticleThree Takeaways from Labor & Employment Seminar
Daniel SchwartzWe had another great turnout last week for my firm’s seminar on labor & employment law. Many of the topics would be familiar to avid blog readers, but there were three interesting...
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The Zombie Cases: Why Defending Employment Lawsuits Can Be So Expensive
Daniel SchwartzHow many times do you have to win? That’s a question that employers may ask themselves when dealing with employment cases because the fact is, a enterprising litigant can make things...
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Who Owns Your Company’s Social Media? Are You Sure?
Daniel SchwartzIn my presentations on social media this year, I’ve talked a bit about the Phonedog v. Kravitz case where an employer sued a former employee who continued to use the company Twitter...
View ArticleHistory Repeating Itself? $160M Settlement in Race Discrimination Brokerage Case
For those of us that have been practicing for a while, it had seemed that the days of the big settlements for race discrimination cases were behind us. After all, when the Coca-Cola and Texaco...
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Settlement Agreement Provisions To Consider When Settling Discrimination Claims
Giving claims a final resting place A few days ago, I came across a thoughtful post from Work Matters, a longtime blog run by Michael Maslanka. In it, Mike describes a clause in a settlement agreement...
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A New “CAR” And Other Proposed Changes to CHRO – Can They Get It Right?
Last year, the General Assembly considered changes to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. That bill did not receive a final vote. This year, it’s back but recently died in the Judiciary...
View ArticleSplit of Authority Develops on Issue of Judicial Approval for FLSA Settlements
Your former employee files suit against your company in federal court in Connecticut claiming that she is entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. You go to a settlement conference...
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Paper Trail: DOJ Brings Issue of Hiring Documentation to Forefront
Late Friday, you might have (ok, I’m sure you did) missed a press release from the United States Department of Justice announcing a settlement with a staffing agency in California. The charge? That a...
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Background Check Settlements Still Costing Employers Big Dollars
My colleague Peter Murphy and I have been talking a lot about background checks lately. It’s easier than ever to run a basic Internet search on someone, but what information do you find? And are there...
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Supreme Court’s Decision on Conciliation a Yawn for...
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EEOC has a duty to conciliate that has go a bit beyond words before filing suit as a party. In the case, EEOC v. Mach Mining (download here), the...
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A Final Look at CHRO Case Statistics – Part 3
So, in my prior two posts about the new case statistical reports from the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, I’ve looked at the case statistics to see that harassment and terms...
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Settling FLSA Wage & Hour Claims? Court Approval May Be Needed
Throw out the release? Yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk at the Connecticut Legal Conference about employment law issues. My talk focused on free speech rights in the workplace — a topic I’ve...
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Big Settlement, Big Issues: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Isn’t Over.
$20,000,000.00. That, as they say in the legal parlance, is a crooked number with a LOT of zeros behind it. And that is also the reported amount of settlement between Gretchen Carlson and Fox News over...
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