Last week, I had the opportunity to present to the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, an accrediting agency serving over 90 schools and 30,000 students here in state.
The topic was one that doesn’t get enough attention at times and due to its applicability not to just to schools, but to all employers (public
Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot in the media say that the First Amendment doesn’t apply outside the government.
In Connecticut, that’s just not true — particularly when it comes to the private workplace.
As I’ve written about before, employees do have certain free speech rights that have been codified in state law. Conn.
Next week, I will be speaking at the CBIA Annual HR Conference along with my colleague Jarad Lucan about why you should care about the NLRB.
But the basic
With the headlines coming out seemingly daily about data breaches at companies, there’s a tendency to feel a bit overwhelmed with the problem.
And while a data breach regarding your employees is something that may not be as imminent as one involving
January is almost over, which probably seems a little strange to be talking about what happened in 2013.
But as someone who majored in history in college, I’m a firm believer that you can learn a lot by studying the past — even the recent one.
Which is why I’m excited about tomorrow’s presentation that
Interested in social media for business but wondering how to deal with a policy to manage it?
Central Connecticut State University’s Institute for Technology & Business Development is sponsoring an executive breakfast series seminar on October 3, 2013 from 7:30-9:30 a.m. on Social Media Policy.
I will be among the panel of speakers discussing the
I’m looking forward to speaking tomorrow evening to the Staffing Management Association of Southern New England on how social media is impacting the hiring process.
You can find details of the event here.
While I won’t give away all the secrets of my presentation here, it’s fair to say that employers shouldn’t throw out all
Continuing my series of posts on the public program produced by the CHRO on new Public Act 11-237 (for prior posts go here and here), the remainder of the program focused on the changes to the CHRO procedures including a new early mediation option.
Various legal staff members provided the details on the new
There’s no doubt that over the last couple of years, technology has been a huge driver of changes in the workplace. We’re now beginning to see lots of presentations and seminars discussing those changes and the interplay that such changes is having on the law.
Here are some of the upcoming conferences and meetings I’ll
I’m pleased to announce that my firm’s employment law department will be presenting a morning/lunch program on May 20, 2011 in Hartford, Connecticut that is geared to both in-house counsel and HR professionals.
It will also feature representatives of local companies and state officials.
It is now set for May 20th and will