The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has updated the state's "Discrimination is Illegal" notice. According to the agency,  "gender identity or expression" has now been added to the list of protected classes under Employment, Housing and Public Accommodations, and Credit Transactions. Other changes include the term "intellectual...

The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has updated its "Discrimination Is Illegal" mandatory notice. According to the agency, "transgender status" has been added to the list of protected classes under "Employment, Housing and Public Accommodations, and Credit Transactions." Since this is a mandatory notice, employers must replace the...

While Colorado intends to lower its minimum wage by three cents for 2010, Connecticut will be one of the few states raising its rate for the new year. On Jan. 1, 2010, the state will see its minimum wage rise to $8.25 an hour, up 25 cents from the 2009 rate. Lawmakers raised the minimum wage in June 2008 by 35 cents for 2009 and 25 cents for 2010 before the recession was...

It's a good thing that Lehman Brothers and other investment banks laying off employees aren't located in Connecticut, where the Appelate Court recently ruled that a bonus is a wage if it is in exchange for services. In Ziotas v. The Reardon Law Firm, P.C., an associate attorney sued under an employment contract that provided a base salary and a bonus for such things as "business...

The state of Connecticut statutorially raises its minimum wage each January 1, and in 2009 the rate rose to $8.00 per hour with an increase to $8.25 set for 2010. The statute governing the minimum wage also dictates that the rate automatically increases by 0.5% if the federal minimum wage rises higher. (The federal rate rises to $7.25 on July 24, 2009, so Connecticut's will still be higher.)...

In a 5-to-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned two court decisions that allowed the city of New Haven, Connecticut, to throw out firefighter promotional exams based on the results. The tests, conducted in 2003 to fill 15 vacant slots in the fire department, resulted in 20 individuals qualifying for promotion. Of the 20, 19 were white and one Latin. None was black. Based on these...