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Court Holds that Anti-Solicitation Provision of Former Employee Not Violated “Indirectly” By New Employer

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

  My colleague, Jonathan Orleans, chips in this week with a guest post on a recent Connecticut case about some of the restrictions that employers try to place on departing employees: Post-employment covenants not to compete and not to solicit frequently include language that prohibits the former employee from “directly or indirectly” engaging in certain… 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

Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part 3) – What Issues Should Employers Be On the Lookout For?

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

In posts earlier this week, I’ve discussed what the NLRB’s Connecticut Office is doing and what to expect for 2010.  But as I continue to recap the breakfast I attended earlier in the week with NLRB (Region 34) Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg, of particular importance to employers was the discussion about what issues the NLRB… Continue Reading

Quick Takes: Access to Property, I-9 Forms, NLRB Guidance, and Speaking to Employees

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations

There’s been lots of good posts out there the last week and another round of stories that I haven’t gotten around to writing about for one reason or another.  But that shouldn’t stop you from getting caught up on these notable stories on labor & employment law: Workplace Horizons reports on a Second Circuit decision… Continue Reading

NLRB: Employers May Limit Use of Employees’ Use of E-mail For “Non Job-Related Solicitations”

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB

On Friday afternoon — conveniently right before a long holiday weekend — the NLRB dropped a significant decision on an important issue — whether an employer may set up a policy that, in turn, prohibits employees from using the employer’s e-mail system for any "non-job-related solicitations."  The NLRB answered "yes" in the case of The Guard Publishing… Continue Reading

NLRA Issue Spotting for Human Resources Personnel at Non-Union Employers

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

It’s no secret that the National Labor Relations Act scares human resources personnel at non-union companies. Not that the possibility of a union is scary; rather, the rules under the NLRA can seem so foreign at times.  Indeed, many of the policies, procedures or practices that an employer may have huge implications, even in a… Continue Reading