Today, I’m pleased to highlight a guest post from Steven Scheinberg, the General Counsel of the Anti-Defamation League. I’ve known Steven for several years and was very happy when he offered to share his thoughts on this important topic. Steve actually practiced at a prominent plaintiff’s employment law firm in Connecticut many years ago
With cameras on every smart phone and computers that can track your every click, it’s hard for employers to know what’s proper in the workplace when it comes to surveillance and monitoring.
I’ve talked on the blog before about Connecticut’s Electronic Monitoring Act. But there are several other laws and theories that employers should
Okay, okay. I realize the headline is a bit misleading. But it isn’t every day that you hear about a data breach at Home Depot in which 56 MILLION credit cards may have been hacked. To put that into perspective, that’s 16
Can it really be seven years since my first blog post?
But as I look back on my “Welcome” post (which may or may not have been posted on September 12, 2007, though I was writing before them), there IS proof that I started this little blog seven years ago.
The Welcome post was full
As our big Labor Day weekend kicks off, it seems appropriate to bring back a “labor” topic, particularly when mixed with one of our favorite topics here: Social Media.
Today, my colleague Jarad Lucan returns with a case straight out of Connecticut with national implications.
As most readers of this blog have read before (
You just finished interviewing a great candidate for a manager-level position at your company. She looks great on paper and interviewed well.
But you’re wondering: What dark secrets about her loom on Facebook? After all, you did see that tattoo on her arm and she mentioned a fun time at Bonnaroo 2013.
“Maybe there
First off, let me say that I’m really obsessed with enjoying this year’s World Cup.
But Thursday presents some special problems for employers. The United States Men’s Team has a very important game at 12 ET. Right in the middle of the lunch hour (or two?). Beat or tie Germany and the U.S. is through
I sound like a broken record, but once again, the NLRB is striking down reasonable rules as unreasonable.
My colleague, Gary Starr (as always, read his bio here), today shares a recent case from the NLRB that found that a “Values and Standards of Behavior Policy” of one employer — something that you might think
Since the last time I published a list of labor & employment law lawyers to follow back in 2012, there are just a bunch of you out there now using Twitter. (And I presume you’re already following me @danielschwartz, right?)
So, it’s probably time to update my list of labor & employment law-related people
Perceptive readers may have noticed that I’ve been a little absent from the blog for a bit. I expect that to continue for a bit as I deal with a family medical issue that will be the subject of a blog post at some point in the future.
I am grateful, however, to my colleagues