So “bear” with me on this one.
Today is Yogi Berra’s 90th birthday. The Yankee great is famous for not only his play as a baseball player but also for his sayings, such as “Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.”
He was so popular he was said to inspire the name of
With cameras on every smart phone and computers that can track your every click, it’s hard for employers to know what’s proper in the workplace when it comes to surveillance and monitoring.
I’ve talked on the blog before about Connecticut’s Electronic Monitoring Act. But there are several other laws and theories that employers should
One of things I try to do on this blog is look through our crystal ball and focus on topic that may be on the horizon.
For some time now, workplace bullying has seemed to be one of those issues. I’ve touched on it before, but today my colleague Chris Parkin is back with some
For many years, employers set up firewalls at work that prevented employees from going to certain websites.
Didn’t want your employees shopping at Amazon? Block the site.
Didn’t want your employees posting updates at Facebook? Block the site.
But here’s the reality: Smartphones have made those firewalls meaningless. Information, as I’ve said before, wants to
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’ve long since preached about the need for ongoing sexual harassment prevention training.
My new firm, Shipman & Goodwin LLP has a series of trainings scheduled that should hopefully fit your schedule if you or your employees have a need for such training.
The next one is scheduled for August 27th in Hartford from
Today, our firm held the last of two free seminars on employment law. Thanks to all who attended.
Surprisingly, one of the issues our attendees had a bunch of questions on was the new medical marijuana bill that became effective October 1, 2012.
Now, I’m not going to go back over the entire bill in
As the week draws to a close, it’s time for another installment of Quick Hits, where I highlight a few blog posts worth a read.
I’m pleased to let you know that my firm, Pullman & Comley, LLC is again sponsoring two seminars on labor & employment law next month. These complimentary seminars, which include both breakfast and lunch, will be held on October 4th in Hartford and October 18th in Norwalk. They will run from about 8:00a-2:30p each day.
850 million people on Facebook can’t be wrong, can they?
A large group of in-house counsel at major Connecticut and New York companies don’t think so. They understand that social media is not going away and that there are lots of advantages (and risks) to using social media.