Sabatini and Associates, LLC Attorneys at Law :: Newington :: Hartford :: Connecticut

Employment-at-will means you can quit, or your employer can fire you at any time with or without notice. Your employer can have any reason for the termination, or no reason at all, as long as your employer does not engage in wrongful termination. Most workers are at-will employees. If you are an at-will employee, you can be fired for any reason so long as it is not illegal. An at-will employee is any employee that is not working under a contract with the employer. You can be fired for misconduct such as excessive absence or tardiness or simply because your employer does not like your personality.

Sometimes, an at-will employee will be under the impression that he has an employment contract because the employer provided an “agreement” setting forth salary terms, benefits, bonuses, job duties and the like. Unless the “agreement” contains language setting forth a definitive time period of your employment (i.e., a start date and an end date), the “agreement” ,in general, does not constitute as an employment contract under Connecticut law.

As an employee at-will, your job termination is unlawful when the termination has been motivated by unlawful discrimination. If you believe that your termination was motivated by unlawful discrimination, then it is important to contact one of our Connecticut employment discrimination lawyers.

Connecticut business litigation lawyer Vincent Sabatini of Sabatini and Associates, LLC obtained an arbitration award in the amount of $380,000.00. Our client was involved in a business dispute where she was wrongfully terminated from a business where she was also a minority shareholder. Following the arbitration award, the case settled in the amount of $750,000.00. The Connecticut business litigation lawyers at Sabatini and Associates, LLC were not the original lawyers in this case. Prior to the law firm’s involvement, the defendant’s settlement offer was zero. The Hartford based business litigation lawyers at Sabatini and Associates, LLC have a wealth of experience in representing clients involved in business disputes. This case is yet another example of our experience and knowledge achieving results. These past results include an arbitration panel’s award of five million dollars to our client for unpaid commissions. The arbitration award was later confirmed by the Hartford Superior Court.

Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $46 million in cash to settle a gender discrimination class-action lawsuit filed by female financial advisers and trainees employed by the New York-based investment bank, lawyers for the plaintiffs said Monday.

In a ruling handed down late Friday, District Court Judge Richard W. Roberts for the District of Columbia agreed to the terms of the settlement, which included increasing female financial advisers’ earnings by at least $16 million over the next five years. The company is also expected to spend $7.5 million on diversity-related programs