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At this week’s CHRO information session, I was able to review the new statistics released by the CHRO this fall regarding case filings and dismissals. They’ve now been posted live on the CHRO’s website here. It’s something I’ve covered each year and I’m always fascinated by what these statistics show — and don’t show. What’s the big takeaway this year? The trend of increasing numbers of discrimination complaints being filed that we have seen in Connecticut since 2012 (when just 1838 complaints were filed) is showing no signs of abating. Indeed, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 2616 complaints were filed, up from 2482 the year before.  Thus from FY 2012 to FY 2016, that’s a huge 42 percent increase in the number of claims filed. Now, not all complaints with the CHRO are employment-related. But as with prior years, that number has been going up as well. For FY 2016, there were 2160 such complaints filed, up fro...

Earlier this week, I made my long-awaited (ok, long-awaited by ME) return on WNPR’s ever-popular “Where We Live” show. As always, I’m thankful for the invite. My appearances date back quite some time (remember pizza and child labor in 2010?), so it was nice to be back in the studio to talk about age discrimination and other workplace issues. So, is age discrimination still a problem? The answer is plainly “yes”. A related question, though is how MUCH of a problem? And is it getting better or worse? By one measure, it’s been going down in a noticeable way the last several years.  In 2008 for example, there were over 24,500 charges filed on age grounds; in 2017 – it was down below 18,500 – a drop of over 20 percent. Statistics, though, only tell part of the story because historically, you’d expect more to see more charges in a recession than an improving economy. An article by The New York Times over the winter raised concer...