Connecticut Employment Law Blog
What Do Honey Bees and Bridgewater Associates Have in Common?
If you believe in the natural order of things in the environment, nature will take care of itself all on its own. When mankind introduces unnatural externalities into the orderly flow of evolution, fundamental changes develop that alter the natural order in nature. ...
read moreWhat is Severance Pay Based On?
So, you’ve been laid off. Your soon-to-be previous employer has handed you a packet of documents outlining your severance package and you have a ton of questions. Should you sign your severance agreement now? Should you take the time to look it over? What does all of...
read moreWhat Does an Employment Lawyer Do?
We all know that a divorce lawyer can help you reach an agreement in dissolving your marriage, a personal injury attorney can help you reach a settlement in a car accident and an employment attorney can represent you when you’re fired from your job. Right? To an...
read more5 Questions to Ask an Employment Lawyer
Finding an attorney that can represent your employment case can be very difficult. Trying to think of questions you should be asking a prospective lawyer shouldn’t be something you have worry about. So, we compiled the top five questions you should ask your employment...
read moreQuid Pro Quo vs Hostile Environment | Types of Sexual Harassment
We all like to think that in this day and age the last thing you would have to worry about is sexual harassment at work. But, it still happens. So, how do you know if your coworker is just unintentionally creepy, or if you have cause for legal action? There are two...
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The Attorney Did His Job Too Well
Do you ever have those days when you did your job so well your client actually got what she wanted? As you know, my daily work revolves around your work life. I routinely handle a whole assortment of employment law cases from minor to the complex wrongful...
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Why Men At Work Don’t Understand Pregnancy
Men at work do not understand pregnant coworkers and often are too quick to throw them off the bus. In a NYTimes article on December 20, 2016, Pregnancy Changes the Brain in Ways That May Help Mothering, the following lead paragraph appeared, “Pregnancy changes a...
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NYTimes Article: Labor Board Challenges Secrecy in Wall Street Contracts (Bridgewater Associates in particular)
On October 17, 2016, the NYTimes reported the following story, reprinted below in its entirety. As you know, I hate confidentiality, noncompetition and arbitration agreements that employers like Bridgewater Associates force employees to sign as a condition to obtain...
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“Wait, We Never Said That”- Employer Misrepresentations
It’s day one of the new job and upon arrival you suddenly realize you may have the wrong address or the wrong employer. Everything the new employer represented to you during the interview is either false or a half truth. Your new employer has lied to you about your...
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Taking ‘Forced’ Out of Employee Arbitration Agreements: A Review of New Article by Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy
On May 24, 2016, I wrote an article entitled Four Ways to Get Out of Arbitration Agreements At Work. This article arose as a result of client concerns and my own professional frustration with how employees are duped into arbitration agreements. Fortunately, I am not...
read moreABOUT MARK P. CAREY, P.C.
Mark P. Carey, P.C. is an Employment Law and Executive Compensation law firm in Southport, Connecticut. Mark practices in the federal courts in Connecticut, New York (Albany Area, Westchester Area, Long Island and Manhattan) and throughout the country where necessary on a case by case basis.
71 Old Post Road, Suite One
Southport, Connecticut 06890-1301
Phone: (203) 255-4150
Fax: (203) 255-0380
Email: mcarey@capclaw.com