Last year, employers were taken aback when a New Jersey court ruled that an employee did have some expectation of privacy of e-mails she sent to her attorney using work computers. The case, Stengart v. Loving Care Agency became one of the most talked about cases of the year.
Last week, a California court came
In a followup to a post of earlier this week, Windsor Locks and its Superintendent of Schools reached an agreement late yesterday in which the Superintendent agreed to resign in exchange for a six month severance payment (to be shorted if he finds work before the expiration of that severance period.)
The agreement comes
For a few years now, I’ve been describing how social media policies are moving into the mainstream.
No longer can employers simply cover their eyes and ears to what is going on with Facebook and Twitter.
Example No. 592: West Hartford, Connecticut is considering a policy that would place certain restrictions on what school employees say
Early on when writing the blog, I came across an issue that was so exciting to write about that I spent an evening crafting it up. It had links, pictures, and was well-sourced.
But then I discovered that the issue involved a client of the law firm. Uh-oh. It was then that I decided it
While the DC and Baltimore areas continue to struggle with snow, hardy New Englanders are suppose
d to be battle-tested for snow storms. And, for the most part we are. Roads are quickly cleared overall and we realize the importance of parking bans to get streets in passable condition.
Except today, the meteorologists won. Many
Let’s face it: There are still way too many people who think social media and social networking sites are a fad and time-waster.
I mean, how else do we explain the thousands of companies that have strict firewalls at their companies to prevent employees from using these sites.
(And if you think that
A pair of stories in the last week got me thinking about how amazing technology has gotten and how I wonder if lawyers have truly grasped the pace at which technology is permeating the workplace.
First, the amazing stuff: Google Wave is getting officially launched today to over 100,000 people. Haven’t heard of it? You
Count me in the group that is both astonished and stunned by the corruption allegations made earlier today by the federal government against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The blatant nature of the "pay to play" allegations is something rarely seen in politics. (Connecticut has obviously has its share of corruption cases.) While
You know it’s summer when the most exciting headline in employment law over the last day seems to be the markup of an arbitration fairness bill by a House Judiciary Subcommittee. Not terribly exciting. If you’d like more details on that bill, Workplace Horizons has a nice little summary and does it’s typical terrific job on keeping
UPDATE 8/3/10: In light of today’s workplace shootings in Manchester, I’ve provided some additional thoughts on workplace violence with reference back to the lottery headquarters shootings.
In small states like Connecticut, at times it feels like everyone is separated by something less than Six Degrees. 
Ten years ago today, a troubled worker