As part of the government’s efforts to improve transparency, the United States Department of Labor has released version 1.0 of its searchable database of enforcement actions. (H/T Workplace Prof).
The searchable website is still in its early stages so don’t expect a lot just yet. But even so, you can start to get
In addition to its lobbying efforts, the Connecticut Business and industry Association has long produced some terrific programs for businesses. I’m scheduled to speak at two such programs over the next month or two.
The New York Times has an excellent column today by an infectious disease specialist who has attempted to draw some lessons of our experiences with the H1N1 pandemic flu. It was just one year ago today that the first person died from a known case of H1N1 flu.
We know a lot more than we
With my work on the Law & Technology Symposium for the Connecticut Bar Foundation last week, there are several employment law topics that I haven’t had time to discuss in full.
While I’ve shared some of these links via my Twitter feed (which you can find at twitter.com/danielschwartz), I thought I would recap some
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
At the Connecticut Bar Foundation’s Law & Technology Symposium on Friday at UConn Law School, we spent some time talking about social media and the power of social networking.
Many were convinced; some were not. For employers, it’s still a scary subject. The loss of control and of messaging is just too much for
After months of planning, the Law & Technology Symposium by the Connecticut Bar Foundation is finally here. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. and the program will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. It’s at the UConn Law School.
If you’re out of state (or even if you’re in-state) and can’t attend in person, the Connecticut Law Tribune and Brandon Smith Reporting have teamed up to provide a free live broadcast of the event. To view the event, simply go to www.lawtrib.com/techsym and you’ll be able to sign up there.
My sincere thanks to both the Trib and Brandon for their g
enerous sponsorship of this.
As part of the run-up to the event, we ran a contest on Twitter to have people "tweet" their favorite U.S. Supreme Court case in 140 characters or less. We had only two big rules: 1) That they use the hashtag #cbftech, so we could publicize the event; and, 2) That they be creative or witty with their tweets.
When I first thought of this, we just wanted to spread the word about the program. I expected to get maybe a few dozen responses at best. By my count, we had well over 200 tweets about the program. I stopped counting. Crazy.
Nevertheless, we have gone through them all and picked our top ten. We will announce our grand-prize three winners from this list at tomorrow’s event. The other seven receive an honorable mention and our sincere thanks. (Hey, it’s a non-profit educational foundation, no iPad to hand out here.)
We’ve got a good cross-sampling of the different types of approaches people took. Some were serious, some were humorous, some were absurd, and some were, frankly, educational.
In no particular order, the top ten tweets (after the jump) are:Continue Reading Law and Technology Symposium – Live-Streaming; Supreme Tweet Contest
As I’ve mentioned before, my daily employment law posts will resume shortly but in the meantime, I’ve been chairing a major Law & Technology Symposium for the Connecticut Bar Foundation that is scheduled for this Friday at UConn Law School in Hartford, Connecticut.
Full program details are available here.
We still have room for people to attend. Its absolutely free AND you get breakfast, snack, and lunch free as well. You won’t find a better deal around. To RSVP, just send an e-mail to ctbf@cbf-1.org. Please indicate which breakout session you’d like to attend.
I’m grateful to the numerous sponsors of the event. They include the Connecticut Law Tribune, Brandon Smith Reporting, Pullman & Comley LLC. Other sponsors include David Alan Catering, One Communications, Tabs3/PracticeMaster, Technology Partners, and Worldox.
if you absolutely cannot attend in person, then it will be streamed live over the internet here. (It’s not up yet, but should work on Friday).
Not yet convinced? See some more details after the jump. Continue Reading Two Days to Law & Technology Symposium
With all the publicity lately about the new efforts by the state and federal governments to "crack down" on employers that misclassify employees as independent contractors, you might think that being an independent contractor is a dirty word.
Not so, according to Michael Gualtieri, who owns and operates ProCourier, Inc. and serves as president
Over the weekend, President Obama exercised his right to make recess appointments to various positions, including two posts to the National Labor Relations Board. As you may have heard, the Board has been operating (if you can call it that) for two years with just two out of the five members.
There have been