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Quick Hits: Holiday Parties, HIPAA and ADA, Non-Compete Agreements, “Supervisor”, Facebook

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Class Actions, Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation, Social Media

It’s been a crazy week here for reasons I hope to share in a future post. But in the meantime, the world of employment law still continues. Here are some items worth reading that I had hoped to talk about further. This brief recap will have to do for now. Want some tips on how to… Continue Reading

Court Rejects 18-Month Restrictive Covenant on Former Owners Who Became Employees

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

Suppose your company just purchased another small company.  As is typical in such deals, you have hired the owners under a three year employment contract because the professional services and expertise of the owners is important to the deal’s success. In that arrangement, you have a restrictive covenant that says that if and when the employees leave,… Continue Reading

Drafting the Restrictive Covenant to Protect Your Interests

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

An article in this week’s Connecticut Law Tribune suggests “how employees can negotiate around a non-compete agreement.”  But let’s look at the issue from the “other” side — the employer — and ask “how employers can enforce a non-compete agreement.”  There are a number of factors that courts in Connecticut will look at in deciding… Continue Reading

Non-Compete Agreements For Security Guards (and now, Bouncers) May Be “Non-Enforceable”

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations

With the blog approaching its fifth (!) anniversary later this year, I thought it was time to revisit some subjects that I covered in the blog’s infancy and update them. One such story from way back on September 14, 2007, was a new law that prohibited non-compete agreements by security guards.  Back then, I stated:… Continue Reading

Second Circuit: No Injunction for Expired Restrictive Covenants

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Wage & Hour

Back in June, I talked about a new district court case on restrictive covenants.  My law partner, Joshua Hawks-Ladds, follows up today with results of the appeal. For employers who have a non-compete agreement, this decision emphasizes the need to seek an injunction quickly to protect the employer’s interests. Let’s say that you, as an… Continue Reading

Free Webinar on Restrictive Covenants and What Employers Need to Know Now

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

Have you taken steps to prevent your business from walking out the door? That issue — and the overall use of restrictive covenants will be the subject of today’s free webinar at noon. You can sign up here.  Our monthly webinar series (after taking the holiday period off) runs on the second Wednesday of each month. … Continue Reading

Enforcing Restrictive Covenants – What Employers Need to Know

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

There were signs this morning that the economy is starting to pick up again. If that continues to happen, there is no doubt that we’ll start to see many more employees changing jobs to take advantage of new opportunities. But as that happens, some of those employees’ employers will be left scratching their head and… Continue Reading

Quick Takes: Firing Via E-mail, COBRA, EFCA, Facebook, Last-Chance Agreements & Restrictive Covenants

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

Employment law is quite the hot topic among various blogs. So much so that it’s time for the next installment of Quick Takes — a quick summary of what’s new and noteworthy. Don’t miss the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog’s post on how NOT to fire an employee. In the post, Jon Hyman describes how an employer… Continue Reading

New Connecticut Laws effective October 1, 2007

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Laws and Regulations

October.  Here in New England, it brings to mind pumpkins.  Besides being carved up (made into pumpkin pie), pumpkins also hold a place in story lore — you’ll recall from Cinderella that a pumpkin could be magically transformed into a beautiful carriage (which of course, you can buy on Amazon.)  In Connecticut, October also brings about… Continue Reading

Non-Compete Agreements for Security Guards

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations

With apologies to Alex Trebek, it’s time for a game of legal Jeopardy.  First, the answer: "As a result of a new Connecticut law (effective October 1, 2007), employees in this arcane type of job classification can now bring suit if their employer requires them to sign a certain type of non-compete agreement." The question: What is "classification 339032… Continue Reading