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The Year of Worker Misclassification Continues; Additional Penalties Being Proposed

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

Earlier this week, I noted that a key legislative committee had approved a bill that would increase penalties for misclassification of workers as independent contractors.  Yesterday, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal gave some more details to those changes in a press conference in announcing the recommendations of the Joint Enforcement Commission on Employee Misclassification “A crackdown… Continue Reading

It’s NOT Just a Fantasy: Company Fires Employees for Running Fantasy Football League, For Real

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

The big news this week on all the blogs has been about the Supreme Court’s acceptance of a case that will potentially look at employee privacy rights in text messages for public employers.  I believe it’s impact is going to be quite limited to public employers with little or no impact on private employers so I’ll… Continue Reading

Revisiting Derek Jeter’s Contract and a World Series Challenge

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

Anyone who has read this blog for a while knows of my love of the New York Yankees. So much so that a few months back I did an entire employment law post on Derek Jeter’s contract. He’s the quintessential Yankee and, from an employment law perspective, an ideal to aspire to. No matter the… Continue Reading

Are You Ready for Some Football, Employers? Super Bowl Office Pools in Connecticut

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

Last year, Connecticut football fans were in nirvana. Giants versus Patriots. In a state where loyalties are divided among those two teams, you couldn’t ask for a better match-up. This year? Well, let’s just say that many people will need to find some alternative reason to get excited about the matchup. Which is where office… Continue Reading

Super Bowl Office Pools in Connecticut – Patriots + Giants = Payday..Or Does It?

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

For football fans in Connecticut, it doesn’t get any better than this — Patriots and Giants in the Super Bowl. With loyalties evenly divided in this state between the Giants and Patriots, interest in the Super Bowl will be at an all-time high. (My allegiance has always been with the Giants, particularly since Robert Kraft’s… Continue Reading