Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
New Jersey – A recent Appellate Court ruling determined that a plaintiff-employee’s unemployment benefits were incorrectly credited against a verdict he obtained in a discrimination suit against his former employer. Rex Fornaro was formerly employed as a...
Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
New Haven, CT – After initially being denied unemployment benefits in September 2015, Nichole Jefferson, former Executive Director of the Commission on Equal Opportunities, has won the city’s second appeal of unemployment benefits. Principal Appeals Referee...
Mar 2, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
The House has passed a resolution (H.J. Res. 42), sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) expressing disapproval of a Labor Department rule restricting state government from requiring drug testing for those applying for unemployment compensation. The vote, on Feb. 15,...
Feb 16, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
With the national unemployment rate remaining below 5 percent, many wonder if pay rates will increase as businesses begin competing for available skilled workers. According to Marcia Miceli, Professor of Management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of...
Feb 7, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
Connecticut – A 60-year-old nurse who was employed at a facility specializing in short and long term rehabilitation, left her job after 29 years of employment due to an adverse change in her work duties. She was initially hired to work with patients who needed...
Feb 7, 2017 | Blog, News & Press
According to the U.S Labor Department, initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 246,000 for the week ending Jan. 28, 2017. Claims have now been below 300,000, a threshold associated with a healthy labor market, for 100...
