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A New Year’s Resolution

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

Five years is a long time. In the time span of the Internet, it might as well be a lifetime. So, after five years of doing this blog on nearly a daily (ok, business daily) basis, it’s time for a change. Now, I’m not retiring like other bloggers have.  But it’s time to recognize that… Continue Reading

Who Owns Your Company’s Social Media? Are You Sure?

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

In my presentations on social media this year, I’ve talked a bit about the Phonedog v. Kravitz case where an employer sued a former employee who continued to use the company Twitter account he had started. When the employee left, he merely changed the Twitter account’s handle to his own name and took the 17,000 Twitter… Continue Reading

Example #438 of Why You Need a Social Media Policy

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

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

The (Not So) Definitive Top 10 List of Employment Lawyers To Follow Online

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Manager & HR Pro’s Resource Center, Social Media

  Yesterday, the HR Examiner came out with Top 25 list of “Online Influencers” in Employment Law.  Through a complex formula, it purports to show who people listen to about employment law online. Unlike Groucho Marx who famously said “I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member”, I’m thankful to be… Continue Reading

Social Media, Social Media, Social Media

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Social Media

Lately, it feels that employment law is revolving solely around social media. Indeed, many of my speaking engagements recently have all had a social media bent. (This week, I’ll be keynoting a speech to the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Marketing Professionals Services on Strategies and Risks on Social Media in the Workplace).  Over… Continue Reading

Tips for Preventing Sexual Harassment? Suggestions Sought by EEOC

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Discrimination & Harassment, Highlight, Social Media

Twitter is one of the more remarkable creations to come out of the last decade.  It’s huge, noisy, and hard to keep track of. It is also one of the most delicious communication tools ever invented. A tweet from earlier today confirmed my view of it. Chai Feldblum, who describes herself on her Twitter profile… Continue Reading

Social Media Best Practices – Interview with LXBN TV

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

Last week, I had the great fortune of being interviewed by the Lexblog Network – which help provide support to this blog.  The interview focused on best practices for employers in engaging in social media. A few tidbits: We did this interview via Skype. If that’s not cool enough, I did so using my iPad… Continue Reading

Technology, The Workplace and Bin Laden

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

On Friday, I had the opportunity to speak at the ABA National Symposium on Technology in Labor & Employment Law in New York.  In the presentation, I talked about the importance of social media tools like Twitter is having in the workplace and legal profession. I noted how I have used Twitter to get my… Continue Reading

Odds & Ends: Where We Live Interview, ABA Annual Meeting, Upcoming Presentations

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

Long-time readers of the blog are no doubt aware of my role as a delegate from Connecticut to the ABA House of Delegates. I’ll be reporting from that gathering in the upcoming days. If you’d like to follow the goings on of the ABA Annual Meeting, I’ll be tweeting about it on various account names. You can… Continue Reading

School Board Considers Social Media Usage Policy for Teachers, Other Employees

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

For a few years now, I’ve been describing how social media policies are moving into the mainstream.  No longer can employers simply cover their eyes and ears to what is going on with Facebook and Twitter. Example No. 592: West Hartford, Connecticut is considering a policy that would place certain restrictions on what school employees say,… Continue Reading

Law & Technology Symposium: A Recap and Announcing the Winners of the Supreme Tweet Contest

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Uncategorized

By all accounts, Friday’s Law & Technology Symposium by the Connecticut Bar Foundation was a smashing success.  Over 125 people attended with dozens more watching online.  But beyond the numbers was the feedback from the attendees who appreciated the symposium for the content it delivered.  It’ll soon be posted on the internet for download and we’ll… Continue Reading

Can You Tweet Your Favorite U.S. Supreme Court Case? Help Publicize the Bar Foundation’s Technology Symposium!

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

This post continues my public service outreach on a program developed by the Connecticut Bar Foundation. As I mentioned earlier this month, I am chairing what I expect will be a terrific educational program on April 9th at UConn Law School on how technology is changing the practice of law. Full details to this free… Continue Reading

Social Media Guidelines and Policies: Do Your Employees Know the Ground Rules Too?

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

Early on when writing the blog, I came across an issue that was so exciting to write about that I spent an evening crafting it up.  It had links, pictures, and was well-sourced. But then I discovered that the issue involved a client of the law firm.  Uh-oh. It was then that I decided it… Continue Reading

Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part 2) – What To Expect in 2010

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations

As I indicated in my post yesterday, the bar-related breakfast with NLRB Region 34 office was a big success.  In the presentation and discussion, Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg made a few predictions and observations about what 2010 would bring. Kreisberg noted that the NLRB was going to be using press releases to a far greater… Continue Reading

R U on FB or Twittr? Keeping Your Company Up-to-Date On Social Media Developments from an Employment Law Perspective

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

Think Facebook is just for kids? Or think that Twitter is for the birds? Do you wonder what all the fuss is over social media? Are you hopelessly lost trying to bring your company up to speed with all the social media and networking platforms out there? The next webinar I’ll be presenting (August 12th… Continue Reading

Quick Hits: BMI, E-Verify Delays, NLRB Two-Member Board Decisions, Starbucks & Tips, Twitter

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Class Actions, Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Labor Law & NRLB, Laws and Regulations, Litigation, Wage & Hour

With all the developments the last week or two with the Connecticut legislative session, it’s been difficult to keep up with everything ELSE happening in employment law.  So, time for a "Quick Hits" post, where I recap some of the stories you might have missed relating to the world of labor and employment law that might… Continue Reading

Ten Employment Law Twitterers for Employers (and Their Attorneys) to Follow

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

When someone like Oprah Winfrey signs up for a service like Twitter, you know the service is starting to get mainstream.  Still thinking that Twitter is for techies or your kids? Think again.  Lawyers, HR Professionals, and media outlets are all on there. (There’s a great list of 20 Twitterers that lawyers should follow and… Continue Reading

Twitter in the Workplace: Why Employers Need to Be Cautious, Not Afraid

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

Have you heard? Twitter is the next BIG thing that employers somehow need to worry about — right after blogs and online social networking, of course.  Indeed, a headline not too long ago from the National Law Journal screamed: "Beware:  Your ‘Tweet’ on Twitter could be trouble". But here’s the thing.  I’ve actually been using Twitter… Continue Reading

Quick Takes on a Snow Day: EFCA, Lilly Ledbetter, Girl Scout Cookies, E-Verify, Twitter in Workplace

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

Another snow day. The winter continues its white deliverance. But in the meantime, the employment law world never stops.  Here are some items to keep you up to speed on what’s been happenning locally and nationally. The latest projections are that the Employee Free Choice Act will be brought up for debate in Congress sometime… Continue Reading

Quick Takes: Twitter for HR/Employment Law, RIFs, Parties, EFCA & Performance Reviews

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

As is typical for December, everyone is starting to wrap up for year end and the amount of substantive items to report on slows to a trickle. Thus, it’s time for some short items on a variety of employment law and HR-related topics. I’ve started microblogging at Twitter.  Don’t know what Twitter is? There’s a… Continue Reading