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Office Pools in Connecticut: Jump In? Maybe. (But Don’t Cause a Splash)

By Daniel Schwartz on March 18, 2013
Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance

As I’ve written about before, Connecticut has basically turned a blind eye towards office pools — particularly when the organizer doesn’t take a cut of the prize money. 

But what should companies do?

Well, lawyers like to come up with a laundry list of reasons that there exists some risk with allowing office pools…

The World Cup in the Workplace: Opportunities and Distractions

By Daniel Schwartz on June 8, 2010
Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

For Americans, I want you to envision an event that is larger than three Super Bowls. Then you’ll begin to grasp how big the World Cup is.

In past years, employers in the United States have escaped much of what the rest of the world has had to deal with — a month long event…

Beware the Ides of March (But that Office Pool is Probably Okay)

By Daniel Schwartz on March 10, 2010
Posted in Laws and Regulations

With the UConn Women’s Basketball Team on a 72 game winning streak (and the University of Hartford riding high as well), it’s hard not to get excited about the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments that start in a few days.  (Let’s just quickly forget the UConn’s men’s team for the moment, shall we?)

Part…

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