Attorney Richard Hayber represents employees in a variety of employment-related matters, including discrimination claims based on age, race, gender and disability; wrongful termination; sexual harassment; whistle-blower; and unpaid overtime.
A significant component of his practice is representing individuals in wage/hour class action litigation against large corporations and has had several settlements in these matters in excess of one million dollars.
Attorney Hayber is a passionate, creative and hard working advocate for employees. He has devoted his professional life to this calling and has represented employees in almost every occupation, including waiters and waitresses, automobile damage appraisers, custodians, truck drivers, teachers, and executive vice presidents.
He has a natural predisposition to represent the underdog. “I have always stood up for people in my life. I also come from a hard working family and understand how important our jobs and careers are to ourselves and our families."
His clients provide inspiration as well. “One former client gave me a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King that he hung in his office cubicle during a period of harassment and retaliation. It reads, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.’ Today, these words inspire my work.”
Attorney Hayber graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association. He represents employees in state and federal courts, before the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the Department of Labor. He and his clients have successfully advanced the legal rights of employees in such areas as gender discrimination, overtime claims, witness tampering, disability discrimination, and more. He is well respected among other lawyers and most of his work is referred to him by other attorneys
Education
University of Connecticut School of Law, 1992 cum laude
Trinity College, BA, Philosophy, 1985
Professional Associations
National Employment Lawyers Assocation
Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Hartford County Bar Association
Significant case results
Asp & Mertes v. Milardo Photography, Inc., 2008 WL 3982652 (D. Conn., August 28, 2008) (holding that plaintiffs were entitled to equitable tolling of the statute of limitations on their Fair Labor Standards Act and Connecticut Minimum Wage Act claims where employer failed to display overtime wage posters).
Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc., 286 Conn. 390 (Conn., April 15, 2008) (holding that the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act requires reasonable accommodations, an interactive process and ruling that employer “full duty” policy is illegal).
Osborn v. Home Depot,USA Inc., 518 F.Supp.2d 377 (D.Conn. 2007) (distinguishing Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., --- U.S. ----, ----, 127 S.Ct. 2162, 2167, 167 L.Ed.2d 982 (2007) and permitting equal pay act and gender discrimination case to proceed to trial).
Neary v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Ins. Co., 517 F.Supp.2d 606, D.Conn.,2007.(September 27, 2007) (rejecting company’s claim that auto-damage appraiser is an exempt employee and granting motion to proceed as a collective action).
Lewczyk v. Department of Health, 2002 WL 31894801 (Conn.Super.), 33 Conn. L. Rptr. 681 (2002) (holding that retaliation against witness at CHRO hearing can sue under federal witness tampering statute (42 U.S.C. Section 1985)).
Goldstein v. Unilever, 2004 WL 1098789, 37 Conn. L. Rptr. 158, Conn.Super., May 03, 2004 (NO. 397881), (holding that employee who quit a job in reliance on new job offer can sue offering employer for rescinding job offer).
To contact Attorney Hayber, e-mail rhayber@hayberlawfirm.com.
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