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
Earlier this week, my law partner, Ross Garber, tweeted about a scandal developing in France regarding allegations that IKEA spied on its employees.
The New York Times reported:
A regional court in Versailles, near Paris, is now examining whether Ikea executives in France broke the law by ordering personal investigations — not only of
The Connecticut Law Tribune’s quarterly supplement on Labor & Employment Law was published this week and as usual, it is chock full of articles of relevance to attorneys and employers.
Many of the topics have been covered here in the blog, but the additional analysis and discussion on the topics make them useful. You can
During the holiday break, I did what many lawyers do (but will publicly deny): I watched a few “bad” reality tv shows.
No, I didn’t watch “Here Comes Honey Boo-boo” (even I have my limits).
But on the Food Network was a marathon of episodes of a show called “Mystery Diners”. The show is
A recent story in a Forbes blog disclosed how one company fired 25 employees, after monitoring its employees’ computer activity. Of course, the CEO learned that secret recordings work both way, as one employee recorded the termination meeting.
Connecticut employers have
Last night, I caught a glimpse of CBS’ hit show "Undercover Boss". The premise of the reality show is simple: A CEO goes "undercover" in the workplace to see what’s "really" happening. In last night’s episode, the CEO of Frontier Airlines went behind the scenes to, among other things, remove human waste from airplane bathrooms.