Connecticut Employment Law Blog
10 Things You Should Know About Employment in Connecticut
If you work in Connecticut, there are facts you need to know about when it comes to your employment rights. In this post we’ll cover the top 10 things you need to know as an employee in CT. 1. Employers Can Give Bad References, Just Not False Ones Employers no longer...
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Equal Opportunity: Transgender Employees Are Protected Against Discrimination
By Mark Carey: Equal employment opportunities offer protection against being discriminated due to race, color, religion or sex. Gender Identity Discrimination When employers fire employees because of their sex, it is illegal under state and federal laws. Now,...
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5 Things Connecticut Employees Should Know About Non-Competition Agreements
If you have a non-competition agreement (also known as non-compete) with your employer, it’s important that you understand the information which can be used to legally destroy the agreement. Here are factors the courts here in Connecticut use to analyze non-compete...
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A Quick Fix for Sexual Harassment Cases
By Mark Carey: If public shaming is the new normal for dealing with sexual harassers, then how do we fix the ineffective sexual harassment laws currently in place? I have the quick fix and it makes perfect sense. Make Sexual Harassers Personally Liable Currently,...
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Sexual Harassment Investigations and Settlements Must be Transparent
By Mark Carey If a woman makes a sexual harassment complaint to her employer, should the claim and the resulting settlement be confidential? The short answer is “no.” INTERNAL SEXUAL HARASMENT INVESTIGATIONS SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT When an employee files an internal...
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#metoo Sexual Harassment Laws Are Broken
The momentum for the #metoo movement came out of nowhere. Someone had the courage to speak out to the detriment of their own reputation. But why only now? All the stories evolving out of the #metoo movement came years after the incidents occurred. Many of these...
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You Got Fired By an Artificially Intelligent (AI) Computer!
By Mark Carey Ugh, you got fired by a computer! Artificial Intelligence has arrived in the workplace at breakneck speed. Decisions about your performance and termination are being made by artificially intelligent machine learning computers. I enjoy sci-fi but the...
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Top Five Things to Know About Severance Agreements
By Mark Carey: Parting ways with an employer isn’t always a cut and dry process. Especially if you’ve invested years of your time and ideas to move the company forward. If you’ve recently been let go by your employer and are unsure how to proceed with the severance...
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Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: Do Men Have Rights?
Kindness and common courtesy in the workplace are evaporating today. New standards around what’s considered “nice” versus what crosses a professional line, are being set. Along with this movement, it has become difficult for a man to offer a simple compliment to a...
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Why Won’t Men Pay Women More?
Unequal pay is an important concern for women in the workplace. According to a Pew Research survey, working women report that that equal pay is the top issue for them. Although under the Obama administration significant progress was made in enacting policies and...
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.
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Southport, Connecticut 06890-1301
Phone: (203) 255-4150
Fax: (203) 255-0380
Email: mcarey@capclaw.com