Following several months of high-profile domestic violence cases in the state, a Superior Court judge has handed a victory to battered spouses and partners.
In what could be a pioneering case, New London Superior Court Judge A. Susan Peck said employers can’t terminate workers simply because they are victims of domestic violence. In doing so, she found a new public policy exception in the state’s employment-at-will doctrine, which allows businesses and organizations to fire employees for any reason or for no reason at all.
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