There is a certain bit of irony about recording an interview at work that appears on YouTube about, well, employees posting videos from work.
But if you can look past the irony, you might learn a few things.
In my interview with LXBN this week, we talked about how we got to this
The Connecticut General Assembly’s Labor & Public Employee Committee today is considering drafting a proposed bill “to prevent current or potential employers from requesting or requiring that employees or potential employees provide passwords to their personal accounts as a condition of their employment.”
I won’t mince words. Proposed Senate Bill 159 is a
Five years is a long time.
In the time span of the Internet, it might as well be a lifetime.
So, after five years of doing this blog on nearly a daily (ok, business daily) basis, it’s time for a change.
Now, I’m not retiring like other
As the dog days of summer drag on, the news from the employment law arena slows to a trickle. But here are a few recent stories that may be of interest to employers in Connecticut.
I had the opportunity to speak today at Wesfacca’s Day of Social Media program. If you’re looking for great information as an in house counsel, I would strongly recommend ordering the CLE materials.
There were a number of issues brought up that were discussed but there were two that I haven’t seen addressed much elsewhere.
I told you so.
It’s not very often you can say that. It is rarer still to have documented proof. But back in 2008 — when nobody was focused on Facebook and there were fewer of you reading this — I said this about using Facebook to screen employees:
Overall, employers should tread very carefully
Last week, I had the great fortune of being interviewed by the Lexblog Network — which help provide support to this blog. The interview focused on best practices for employers in engaging in social media.
A few tidbits: We did this interview via Skype. If that’s not cool enough, I did so using my iPad
Last fall, the NLRB made headlines when it brought a complaint against a Connecticut employer for disciplining an employee for her Facebook posts. Back then, some commentators wondered what the limits were going to be.
But over the last few weeks, quietly, we’ve been getting some
Long time readers of the blog may be getting a feeling of deja vu with the title of the post. After all, it was about two years ago that I wrote about Google Wave. That product was going to change the world way we communicate. (Fortunately, I didn’t make such bold predictions, other
Lately, I’ve been doing quite a few presentations on social media, including, most recently, one for a school district.
One of the trickiest questions that comes up: Is it "legal" to "friend" a subordinate in the workplace? Or for teachers, is it "legal" to "friend" a student?
(I use the term "friend" to be the