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Through a recent FOI request, I was able to take a peek at the latest case statistics coming out of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. (The CHRO has since added them to the website as well.) I’ve done these recaps in years before (here’s 2016 for example) and I think you can learn a lot not just on the latest statistics but when you compare them to prior years. So, what do the numbers from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 show? Well, for the first time in several years, we’ve seen a noticeable  decrease in the numbers of complaints filed. In FY 16-17, 2376 total complaints were filed, down from 2616 the prior year – a 9 percent decrease.  Of course, it’s still  up from FY 11-12 when just 1838 total complaints were filed. And what about employment discrimination complaints in particular? The report also shows a drop in the number of complaints being filed, 1936, as compared to 2160 in the prior fiscal year.  That represents ...

This post is for the employment law nerds out there. You know who you are. You pore over the statistics that show a correlation between the unemployment rate and EEOC filings.  (I see you Lawffice Space.) You rate who the “Worst Employer” is of 2017.  (Can’t wait for the announcement next week, Ohio Employer’s Law Blog.) You listen to podcasts about employment law. (Yes you, Hostile Work Environment podcast from Marc Alifanz.) And, if you’re the publisher of this blog, you pore over meeting minutes of the Connecticut Commission of Human Rights and Opportunities. Someone has to do it. And in reading the minutes of an August 2017, I saw a references to a new Case Assessment Review process in place since July 1, 2017. “What was this?”, I thought at the time.  I got excited. And then in October 2017, in a moment of brilliance  extreme employment law nerd-ism, I sent an old-fashioned Freedom of Information request for that procedu...