Caucasion has prima facie case of gender, race and age discrimination.

In a rare case, a white male over forty defeated his employer’s motion for summary judgment in his suit claiming discrimination.  The plaintiff in Framularo v. Board of Education of the City of Bridgeport established that he was not hired as an assistant principal under circumstances giving rise to an inference of discrimination.  Judge Warren Eginton of the District of Connecticut refused to grant summary judgment in part because only one in sixteen white applicants were hired, where four in nine African-Americans were hired.  The full text is available at www.ctlawtribune.com. 

Minimum Wage increase passes Senate

The Senate passed a bill which would increase the Connecticut minimum wage from $7.65 to $8.00 on January 1, 2009 and to $8.25 on January 1, 2010.  Over 60,000 people work in minimum wage jobs.  The current Federal minimum wage is only $5.85 per hour.  Connecticut News Junkie writes about this topic. The Governor is reported to be considering not signing this important bill because it might harm small businesses.  This writer disagrees and hope Governor Rell signs the bill.  I own a small business.  Small business don’t succeed or fail by keeping their employees in poverty.  We succeed because we have happy, motivated, healthy employees and a plan for success.  Keeping our employees below the poverty line is not a part of any successful business plan that I know of.