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Bankruptcy Highlights Necessity of Preventing Data Breaches

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Class Actions, Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Litigation

With all the focus lately on social media, it’s easy for forget that there are other laws and issues that remain vitally important to employers. One of them is the need for employees to understand the importance of compliance with data privacy laws.  I talked in 2008 about a new law in Connecticut that may… Continue Reading

What Can Google Books Data Search Tell Us About Employment Law Trends?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Among the things we take for granted now is that information about anything and everything has always been available. (Indeed, if you want to really take a trip back in history, read this article about Time’s pick of the Personal Computer for its Man of the Year award in 1982.) Google has been at the… Continue Reading

Appellate Court Decision Provides Another Lesson About Preserving Data

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Litigation

As I’ve noted before, the appellate courts in Connecticut release their decisions in advance of an "official" publication date for various reasons. I’ve now read over the Appellate Court’s upcoming decision in Paylan v. St. Mary’s Hospital Corp. a few times  trying to discern the big lesson for employers to take from this employment discrimination… Continue Reading

New Connecticut Law Requires Employers to Protect Employment Applications From Disclosure

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

Buried in a new law regarding identity theft is a provision that requires employers to protect employment applications from being disclosed. (Hat tip to my colleague Jennifer Willcox for pointing this out.) The law (Public At 09-239), which went into effect on October 1, 2009, states that "Each employer shall obtain and retain employment applications… Continue Reading

Oops! They Did It Again! – Preventing Data From Walking Out the Door

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

With companies laying off people in droves, protecting what’s LEFT of the company — namely, it’s company data and trade secrets — becomes that much more important. For that reason, I’ll be speaking at our firm’s Breakfast Roundtable on March 19th at 8:30 a.m. in our Hartford office (sorry, no webinar just yet; it’s coming… Continue Reading