USA Today reports that the United Auto Workers (who are dominating the headlines this week with their strike and settlement with General Motors) filed formal petition papers with the National Labor Relations Board this morning to form a union of approximately 3000 dealers at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.
Conventional wisdom is that unions do
Since the blog is brand new, indulge me for a moment regarding some recent publicity for the blog.
While blogs are definitely "new" media, it sure is nice for the "old" media to pick up on what blogs are saying. This week, The Connecticut Law Tribune stayed on top of the tech trend here. This week
A recent article by the Connecticut Law Tribune reported on the trial of two bar workers who claimed that they were terminated in retaliation for reporting a supervisor’s alleged sexual harassment of a waitress. According to court records In the trial of Daniel Van Kruiningen and Kimberly Chatterton v. Plan B, LLC d/b/a Mohegan
Conventional wisdom is that healthy and happy employees lead to better results for the workplace. As a result, many employers offer Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) for their employees, including the U.S. government. Now, there is additional scientific evidence of that theory in a study involving depression.
A medical study published in this week’s Journal of the American Medical
George Lenard, who runs the popular "Employment Blawg", has an interesting post this week about how current job seekers will have to undergo different scrutiny than perhaps the last time that they engaged in a job search. As George notes, the biggest change is the prevalent use of background checks by employers. George provides some
Last year, the CHRO was mired in a media mess. Then Executive Director R. Hamisi Ingram was under attack by both employees and through legislative hearings regarding his leadership. Eventually, he was let go.
But at the time, there was talk that several employees might bring a complaint or lawsuit regarding the way that
Two years ago, the new Marriott Downtown Hartford opened, with great fanfare, next to the new Connecticut Convention Center. (The Center, incidentally, is a terrific facility if you have not visited and the hotel is pretty snazzy too.) Over the next year, the fanfare was marked by labor pickets involving both facilities. Then Marriott requested
When I first started practicing, each attorney used to keep their "form" files. What were these? Copies of key documents that could be used over and over again. Now, with the advent of computer databases, sharing information within a firm is routine and easy.
But suppose you wanted to find out what other attorneys or
Over the last few days, the mainstream press and blogosphere have been abuzz over the Harvard Medical School student and new mother who asked for extra time during her licensing exam to express her breast milk. Ultimately, a Massachusetts court denied Sophie Currier’s request of the National Board of Medical Examiners for the time.
The
For employment lawyers and HR professionals, it’s "old" news that overtime lawsuits are a major concern. Business Week picks up on that trend in next week’s Cover Story entitled: "Wage Wars: Does your Boss Owe You Overtime".
According to the article:
No one tracks precise figures, but lawyers on both sides estimate that over