Connecticut Employment Law Blog
There’s An Epidemic of Discrimination Against Pregnant Women at Work (NY Times 6.17.18)
On Sunday June 17, 2018 the New York Times posted an article, There’s An Epidemic of Discrimination Against Pregnant Women at Work involving a case attorneys Jill Saluck and Mark Carey are working on. The article reported “Throughout the American workplace, pregnancy...
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A Few Very Good Reasons Why You Can’t Trust Your Employer
We all build relationships based on trust. Some relationships require more trust than others. For example, marriage, medical professionals and hiring lawyers. We all take the time to explore whether these relationships are the right fit for us. We even memorialize...
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Pregnancy Discrimination: Reviewing Lactation Legalities
By Jill Halper Central to any present day discussion of pregnancy discrimination is the issue of lactation and nursing moms in the workplace. The practice of breastfeeding has expanded in recent years and various legal issues have accompanied this development. The law...
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Pregnancy Discrimination: Going Beyond Nine Months
By Jill Saluck Reports have shown that pregnant women and new mothers are suffering increasing levels of unfair treatment at work, including cuts to their work hours, zero-hour contracts or even undergoing forced removal from their jobs. Laws Protecting Pregnant...
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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...
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