Finally, today is Election Day.
And while the pundits tonight will all look forward to what the next four years might bring, it’s worth taking a quick peek back at Obama’s (first?) four years with a review of some of the posts from 2008-9.
Before his term, there were predictions that he would be good
Next up in this week’s series of employment law-related debate questions for the candidates: Vice President Joe Biden.
The new and improved Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting went off without a hitch on Monday, chock full of information about labor & employment law. Besides my seminar on the intersection of social media and employment law, the CBA held a forum in the afternoon on the "Practice of Labor & Employment Law in the Current Economy:
2009 will not go down as the most exciting year for employment law. There were a number of "honorable mentions" for items that have had an impact, but nothing — in my view really stands out.
I suppose for Connecticut, the Ricci v. DeStefano case has to be put up at the top of the
Another manic Monday. So it’s time to roll out another edition of quick hits where I highlight stories you might have missed over the last week or two.
It’s been a busy week. The ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels project stopped by for a visit yesterday. We talked about the blog and how attorneys and clients can really take advantage of technology.
(We also talked about bar association activities; my public thanks to all the people on the various task forces and
The conventional wisdom lately is that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA or "Card Check" to others) will not pass in its current form. (You can find my prior coverage of the EFCA here.)
Over the last few days, however, various "compromises" have been floated. (H/T Shopfloor.) Of course, the very word "compromise"
Over the last few weeks or so, plenty of commentators have been hyperventilating over the Employee Free Choice Act — a bill pending in Congress. I’ve resisted the urge to do so in the belief that we were still a long way from passage and that the concepts in the bill were going to go
With the budget issues looming large over this session of the General Assembly, it’s tough to get a handle on what labor & employment law bills are still a possibility for this session. One way to do that is to check to see what bills have been reported out of the Labor & Public Employees committee because if the
.jpg)
After months of nonstop speculation, the Employee Free Choice Act bill, which was introduced last year in Congress, is expected to be introduced later today by Rep. George Miller of California.
But its passage this year is far from certain. As the EFCA Report blog and others have stated, several senators, including