The Connecticut General Assembly’s Labor & Public Employee Committee today is considering drafting a proposed bill “to prevent current or potential employers from requesting or requiring that employees or potential employees provide passwords to their personal accounts as a condition of their employment.”

I won’t mince words. Proposed Senate Bill 159 is a

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.

  • First, on May 13th, the CBIA has refreshed their HR Conference to address issues that are most pressing to businesses today. I’ll be

At a CBIA seminar yesterday where I spoke, several speakers discussed the challenges that exist for companies in these economic times. One CBIA economist projected that the current recession will not bottom out in Connecticut until late summer or fall 2009.

But the times also present opportunities, as well, the speakers said. Indeed, now may be