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Employment Law Letter 2006-2012

August 1, 2011

Employment Law Letter is published quarterly as a service to clients and friends by the firm’s Labor and Employment practice, with the cooperation and assistance of the Business Litigation and Employee Benefits practices.

Included in each issue are National News and LEGAL BRIEFS and footnotes.

Spring 2012

  • Are Courts Getting Soft on Drugs?
  • Jobless Benefit Eligibility Tightens
  • I Have A Headache
  • Free Speech Claims Fail

Winter 2012

  • NLRB Poised to Impose Big Changes
  • Teacher Arbitrations Must Be Public
  • Casual Comments Can Create Lawsuits

Fall 2011

  • Misclassification Feeding Frenzy
  • Personnel Policies and Disclaimers
  • NLRB Polices Personnel Policies

Summer 2011

  • Devil’s In the Details
  • Millions Awarded in Whistleblower Suit 
  • How Fast Must a Corrections Officer Run?

Spring 2011

  • Speech Cases Raise Tough Issues 
  • Gender and the Job 
  • Workplace Shooting

Winter 2011

  • Discrimination Damages Disputed 
  • Computer Wars 
  • Heart and Hypertension Claims

Fall 2010

  • Badmouthing the Boss 
  • Accelerated Rehabilitation 
  • Past Practice” Claims

Summer 2010

  • What Constitutes “Wages”?
  • Speak No Evil      
  • Child Labor Lawsuit 
  • Her Comes GINA! 
  • Feds Lean Left

Spring 2010        

  • Cops Beat Rap, Sue City
  • Buyer Beware!
  • Information Overload
  • Now We've Seen Everything!

Winter 2010

  • Technology: More Risk for Employers
  • Free Speech Violation Costs $10M
  • Overtime Exemptions Confusing

Fall 2009

  • When Pigs Fly! 
  • State Interference in Private Sector Labor 
  • Domestic Violence and Job Protection 
  • Internet Policies 

Summer 2009

  • New Haven Discrimination Case
  • Health Care Picketing
  • War in New Britain Fire Department 
  • Infliction of Emotional Distress

Spring 2009

  • Userra Has Big Teeth 
  • Alcoholism: A Disabilty, Not a Defense 
  • Supreme Court Restores Promotion 
  • Connecticut Law Draws National Attention

Winter 2009

  • 2009 Checklist
  • Supreme Court to Hear New Haven Discrimination Case
  • Employers Can Require Medical Exams         
  • New Economic Realities
  • To Bargain or Not to Bargain
Fall 2008
  • Worker Classification Woes
  • Workers Comp Recipients Smoked 
  • Complainers and Whistle-blowers
  • Employer Access to E-mails
Summer 2008
Spring 2008
  • GPS Units and Surveillance Laws
  • Common Non-Compete Provision Overturned
  • Employee Depression Hard on Employers
  • Reasonable Accommodation Expanded

Winter 2008

  • Foxwoods Election May Boost Union Fortunes 
  • EEOC Permits Benefits Cuts in Retiree Plans 
  • New Rules For Employer Email Systems

Fall 2007

  • Court Approves Giving References 
  • CT Unions Win One, Lose One 
  • State Dodges Pension Bullet 
  • Don’t Destroy Electronic Evidence

Summer 2007

Spring 2007

  • Second Hand Discrimination
  • Garcetti and the Private Sector
  • Email and Union Organizing
  • Public Policy Revisited

Winter 2007

  • Arbitrators Rebuked by Courts
  • Judge Loses Wife's Pension
  • Anti-Bias Laws Don't Apply When Church Selects Priests
  • U.S. Supreme Court Developments

Fall 2006

  • Loose Lips Can Sink Ships, Sometimes
  • NLRB Rulings Affect Non-Union Companies
  • Breadth and Depth of FOIA Explored
  • Federal Jury Awards GE Worker $11M 

Summer 2006

  • Job Offer Withdrawn; Lawsuit to Follow
  • Three New Lawyers Added
  • Now We’ve Seen Everything . . .

Spring 2006

  • Off-Duty Misconduct Creates Lively Litigation
  • Courts Act to Protect Employee Benefits
  • Unilateral Change Cases Continue to Confuse

Winter 2006

  • Retirement Reductions Lead to Litigation
  • State Employees Score Wins in Court Cases
  • Workers Comp for Basketball Injury?
  • State Lawmakers Get Employment Protection
  • Orchestra Musicians Can’t Unionize

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