As published in the July 11, 2011 Connecticut Law Tribune Editor’s Note: This is the second in a six-part series examining how employment law issues specifically affect law firms. Next week, the authors will focus on issues involving office managers and hourly document review lawyers. In our last article, we provided a self-audit for lawyers [...]
Representative Anthony Weiner’s Internet indiscretions have become fodder for clever tabloid headlines and late night comedy sketches (even we have joined the fun). With a couple of clicks on his smartphone, Representative Weiner posted a picture of his crotch (intended for a female fan) on the World Wide Web. We can all chuckle and shake [...]
With record unemployment numbers, politicians have turned their attention to the growing number of “unemployed need not apply” job ads. Last April, New Jersey made headlines when it became the first state to outlaw “unemployment discrimination” in job ads. Legislators in Congress and New York have proposed broader protections for the unemployed. Is this the [...]
As published in the May 16, 2011 Daily Labor Report A complaint issued last October by Region 34 (Hartford, Conn.) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) generated a great deal of controversy over what restraints the NLRB places on employers seeking to limit employees’ disparaging Internet posts. The complaint, which recently settled, involved whether [...]
As seen in Industry Week on May 11, 2011 By now, everyone knows discrimination and harassment are illegal in the workplace. But how many know that employees have the right to engage in protected, concerted activities “for the purpose of… mutual aid or protection?” How many know that employers interfering with that right might violate [...]