Blog Posts by Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, P.C.

Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, P.C. Partner Nina Pirrotti obtained a $1 million sexual harassment settlement against a major Connecticut employer on behalf of a client who was sexually assaulted […]

Earlier this month, Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, P.C. attorneys Joshua Goodbaum and Amanda DeMatteis had the honor of co-moderating a question and answer session with three federal judges. “Three […]

A couple of years ago, National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health polled working adults concerning how their health impacts […]

Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, P.C. Partners Joseph Garrison, Nina Pirrotti, and Associate Amanda DeMatteis have recently accepted invitations to become Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF […]

Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti Partner Nina Pirrotti was recently interviewed by NPR in connection with Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty’s failure to promptly discipline her former chief of staff after being […]

We often hear that addiction is no different from any other chronic illness, like diabetes or heart disease or cancer. That may be true in the real world, but in […]

The United States is known as the world’s “melting pot,” with people from every corner of the globe and every culture and background who call our country home. Not surprisingly, […]

Due to the ups and (specifically) downs of the U.S. economy over recent years, including the increasing outsourcing of manufacturing and other job sectors, a number of employers have downsized […]

Discrimination is an all-too-sad reality for many employees around the country, including here in Connecticut. Many people know that discrimination on the basis of race, skin color, religion, or gender […]

You’ve probably heard the term “hostile work environment,” but do you know what it means? Some people think it’s just an overbearing boss. But a boss does not create a […]

Federal and Connecticut law prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of a number of inherent characteristics or traits, including age, race, color, sex (or gender), physical or mental disability, national […]

It’s 2018. Women have been equal to men under U.S. and Connecticut employment laws for more than 50 years. And yet equality on paper still has not translated to equality […]

If you find out that your employer has broken the law, you might feel obligated to report it. And if you do, you will become what is often called a […]

This text originally appeared on Connecticut Employment Law Blog By Daniel Schwartz on January 10th, 2018. After a break for the holidays, my long-running discussion with Nina Pirrotti, an employee-side […]

As it appeared on the Hartford Business Journal PATRICIA DADDONA Training to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace often takes a back seat to other priorities, employment lawyers say, but […]