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You recently disclosed a disability to your employer, one that requires you to take a slightly longer lunch break. Next thing you know, your position was eliminated, supposedly due to ‘restructuring’, but you see your company advertising the exact same job the next day. Chances are that you’ve been the target of workplace discrimination, which is illegal. Workplace discrimination takes many forms. What they all have in common is that people who belong to a [...]

Connecticut businesses and employers can face serious legal issues when a current or former employee files a retaliation claim against them. Legally defined, workplace retaliation is the act of taking adverse action against an employee because she complained about harassment or discrimination or reported alleged company wrongdoing to the proper authorities (an act known as whistleblowing). Examples of retaliation include: Firing the employee Demotion or denial of a promotion Reduction in pay and/or loss of [...]

To err is human, but when the mistakes involve your company payroll, forgiveness might not be obtained so easily. Last November, the City of Boston paid close to a million dollars in penalties after an IRS audit uncovered major payroll problems such as overtaxing and failure to deduct Medicare withholding taxes as well as “deferred compensation” for employees who did not qualify for a pension plan. The case made headlines across the nation and spotlighted [...]