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Cloud Computing and Employers: The Sky’s The Limit
Daniel SchwartzIn Monday’s New York Times, there’s a lengthy piece about how companies in the United States are slowly joining cloud computing. The concerns about the use of cloud computing are not...
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Smoke & Mirrors – Beware of the “Newest Trend” on Smoker-Free Workplaces in...
Daniel SchwartzThe New York Times loves spotting trends. Here’s the latest: Workplaces are moving from smoke-free to "smoker-free" places, particularly in the health care arena. I hate to break it to...
View ArticleInterns: Assign Real Work or Menial Tasks? Neither, says The New York Times
Daniel SchwartzBack in 2010, at the same time the U.S. Department of Labor was making a big publicity push on its interpretation of rules regarding unpaid interns, the New York Times ran piece noting...
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The Last Post About Social Media & Employment Law Ever. (Maybe.) (Not Really.)
Daniel SchwartzYesterday, The New York Times — about a gazillion years after this blog and other employment law blogs talked about it ad nauseum — wrote their definitive piece entitled on how “federal...
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The Times Says “Most Lawyers” Won’t Take Age Discrimination Cases Anymore....
In Tuesday’s The New York Times, an article (that, as of Monday evening was one of the lead pieces on the NYTimes.com website) argues that age discrimination continues to exist in society and that it...
View ArticleHistory Repeating Itself? $160M Settlement in Race Discrimination Brokerage Case
For those of us that have been practicing for a while, it had seemed that the days of the big settlements for race discrimination cases were behind us. After all, when the Coca-Cola and Texaco...
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“Wage Theft”: The Trendy Phrase That May Not Mean What You Think It Means
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been seeing more tweets from human resources types and mainstream reporters using the phrase “wage theft”. Two recent examples? William Tincup (who runs the popular...
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Picking a Fight: The State of the Law for Noncompete Agreements in Connecticut
The New York Times this morning has an article that suggests that non-compete agreements are being used increasingly in a broader array of jobs. Pick your fights carefully His evidence? Well, the...
View ArticlePersonal Data on Your Workers Next Target for Hackers?
Back in May, I talked about how data privacy was becoming a bigger issue for companies. Included in that, is the notion that human resources will play a key role in protecting information. Today comes...
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The One Area of Connecticut Law Employers Love (For Now)
Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a surprising (at least to me) article about how Idaho has implemented a legal framework that gives employers a great deal of flexibility in an area getting a...
View ArticleInterns: Assign Real Work or Menial Tasks? Neither, says The New York Times
Back in 2010, at the same time the U.S. Department of Labor was making a big publicity push on its interpretation of rules regarding unpaid interns, the New York Times ran piece noting how employers...
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The Last Post About Social Media & Employment Law Ever. (Maybe.) (Not Really.)
Yesterday, The New York Times — about a gazillion years after this blog and other employment law blogs talked about it ad nauseum — wrote their definitive piece entitled on how “federal regulators”...
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The Times Says “Most Lawyers” Won’t Take Age Discrimination Cases Anymore....
In Tuesday’s The New York Times, an article (that, as of Monday evening was one of the lead pieces on the NYTimes.com website) argues that age discrimination continues to exist in society and that it...
View ArticleHistory Repeating Itself? $160M Settlement in Race Discrimination Brokerage Case
For those of us that have been practicing for a while, it had seemed that the days of the big settlements for race discrimination cases were behind us. After all, when the Coca-Cola and Texaco...
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“Wage Theft”: The Trendy Phrase That May Not Mean What You Think It Means
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been seeing more tweets from human resources types and mainstream reporters using the phrase “wage theft”. Two recent examples? William Tincup (who runs the popular...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Picking a Fight: The State of the Law for Noncompete Agreements in Connecticut
The New York Times this morning has an article that suggests that non-compete agreements are being used increasingly in a broader array of jobs. Pick your fights carefullyHis evidence? Well, the...
View ArticlePersonal Data on Your Workers Next Target for Hackers?
Back in May, I talked about how data privacy was becoming a bigger issue for companies. Included in that, is the notion that human resources will play a key role in protecting information. Today comes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The One Area of Connecticut Law Employers Love (For Now)
Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a surprising (at least to me) article about how Idaho has implemented a legal framework that gives employers a great deal of flexibility in an area getting a...
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