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Are Employers Really Prepared for Emergencies?

By Daniel Schwartz on September 11, 2020
Posted in Coronavirus, Featured Content, Human Resources (HR) Compliance

In 2008 (some 12 years ago), on this same 9/11 anniversary, I posed this question:

So, seven years later, are employers in the state better prepared to address a similar emergency should it happen? Perhaps it will be a bird flu outbreak, or a mass blackout, or something else that no one has thought

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Your Workplace Is Going Viral #AlexfromTarget

By Daniel Schwartz on November 3, 2014
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Social Media

For employers, the power of the Internet is pretty scary at times.

The latest meme to hit the Internet won’t change that view.

Sometime yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, someone tweeted a picture of a worker from a Target store.

His name is “Alex”. We know this because of his name tag. And apparently he’s cute and…

Followup from Presentation on Goofs & Gaffes in Workplace

By Daniel Schwartz on October 14, 2011
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Social Media

Today, I had the opportunity to speak at a seminar on Goofs and Gaffes in Social Media at the Social Media Summit sponsored by the Hartford Business Journal.   In my section, I focused on the importance of developing a social media policy.

I’ve talked about it before on the blog, but there are a…

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Daniel A. Schwartz created the Connecticut Employment Law Blog in 2007 with the goal of sharing new and noteworthy items relating to employment law with employers, human resources personnel, and executives in Connecticut. Since then, the blog has been recognized by the ABA Journal, and was one of ten named to the “Blog Hall of Fame” in recognition of the blog’s contributions and consistency over the years.
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