Law Abiding Citizens Sick of Systemic Corruption

Something the Connecticut Department of Labor Appeals Division doesn't advertise at all is your right to file an ethics complaint against an appeals referee. Here's how to do it.  In future blogs we'll examine legitimate reasons for doing so. Just call one of these phone numbers that corresponds to where you had your appeals hearing.  Tell the answering service representative who your appeals referee was and they must give you the name of the supervising individual who you can file an ethics complaint to. Telephone Numbers: Waterbury: (203) 596-4138 Bridgeport/Interstate: (203) 579-6271 Hartford area: (860) 566-5262 Hamden area: (203) 230-3700 Norwich area: (860) 892-2253 In the coming weeks, I'll be exercising this complaint procedure and report on its effectiveness or lack thereof. BTW, other Connecticut Labor Department phone numbers are often circle jerks that require you to listen to every language option and common FAQ and a lit...

To be clear what we will be discussing in these posts are systems whose original intent was to provide a public service or a legitimate commercial service. Over time,  these systems can be corrupted by individuals either maliciously or through prolonged benign indifference. In both cases, the public or paying customer is denied fair or legally required or ethically entitled services or benefits. In some cases, the actors responsible gain personal benefit. In some cases there is only one victim who loses.  In others, there are many victims who lose. Let's see if we can do something about that.