On Friday, I’ll be speaking to a group of local high school and middle school teachers about some best practices on the use of technology in the workplace.
Among the central messages of the presentation? No guideline can be a substitute for using good judgment and common sense.
With teachers, that message is
You’ve heard of the negligent hiring case. 
Should we now get ready for "negligent exposure" cases?
A Connecticut Superior Court recently allowed a claim of negligence to proceed by a subordinate against a supervisor, on the grounds that the supervisor drew the subordinate into a dispute with another employee, exposing the subordinate to the
It has long been the rule in the Second Circuit, that individual supervisors do not have liability under Title VII claims, based on the case of Tomka v. Seiler Corp.
But can supervisors be sued individually under the ADA for retaliation? The Second Circuit last week held that individual supervisors may not be held liable under
Reading the Second Circuit’s decision in Duch v. Jakubek (decided on Friday, December 4th), a distinct image came to mind: The ostrich who sticks its head in the sand.
Why the ostrich? Because, the Duch case discusses what to do with a supervisor who purposely ignores evidence of sexual harassment. And the court concludes that
In my presentation last week to the HRA of Greater New Haven (which i discussed yesterday), the hottest topic that people wanted to discuss was LinkedIn Recommendations.
People had several questions:
With all the developments the last week or two with the Connecticut legislative session, it’s been difficult to keep up with everything ELSE happening in employment law.
So, time for a "Quick Hits" post, where I recap some of the stories you might have missed relating to the world of labor and employment law that might
A few weeks ago, a report came out blasting the hiring procedures that existed at the Department of Justice in prior years. Because this is not a political blog, I left it for others to comment on it, such as The Word on Employment Law.
But the basic gist of the report was that