Thanks to all who came and attended our employment law seminar at the Hartford Club today. As a reminder, we’re running another one on October 18th. More information is available here. At today’s seminar, we talked about the need for companies to implement a social media policy and also about how social media can get out of… Continue Reading
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Election 2012: What Debate Question Would You Ask Vice President Biden?
Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations, Legislative DevelopmentsNext up in this week’s series of employment law-related debate questions for the candidates: Vice President Joe Biden. One of the big ideas of the administration early on was the Employee Free Choice Act. It’s an act that you publicly showed strong support for. The bill never passed and some of the ideas regarding “card check”… Continue Reading
Election 2012: What Debate Questions Would You Ask Mitt Romney?
Posted in Highlight, Labor Law & NRLB, Legislative DevelopmentsAll this week, this blog (and other employment law blogs — here, here, here and here) are posting employment law-related questions for the major-party candidates for President and Vice President. Today’s turn: Mitt Romney. (For a recap of this process — and a reminder that these questions should not be interpreted as being “for” or “against”… Continue Reading
Election 2012: Debate Questions for President Obama
Posted in Highlight, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations, Legislative DevelopmentsWith the Presidential election just six weeks away, we have yet to see any of the major party candidates tackle employment law issues in detail. That, of course, is not surprising. But as we head towards the debates, I talked with several other employment lawyers who run blogs and we thought we could bring some… Continue Reading
Paid Sick Leave Being Debated at Senate This Afternoon
Posted in Legislative DevelopmentsThe Connecticut Senate is debating S.B. 913, the Paid Sick Leave Bill this afternoon. It is expected to go several hours. You can watch the debate streaming live over CT-N here. The CBIA has an update here. As of 2:30 p.m., the Senate began debate on one of a number of amendments.
What One Question Regarding Labor & Employment Law Would You Ask the Candidates During the Debates?
Posted in Laws and RegulationsThe Presidential debates and Vice-Presidential debate are coming up later this month. A lot has been written about what the candidates’ respective positions are (and a lot has been written on everything BUT the issues). For some recent discussions of various issues, check out posts this week from the Delaware Employment Law Blog, Ohio Employer’s Law… Continue Reading
