Quick Updates: Reuters Article on More Lawsuits, WWE and Wrestlers Lawsuit,...
Daniel SchwartzHere’s a quick update on some items and topics that have been covered by the blog over the past year: Earlier this week, I raised the issue of whether the rising unemployment rate would...
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Quick Takes: Twitter for HR/Employment Law, RIFs, Parties, EFCA & Performance...
Daniel SchwartzAs is typical for December, everyone is starting to wrap up for year end and the amount of substantive items to report on slows to a trickle. Thus, it’s time for some short items on a...
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Quick Hits: Ricci Webinar, Performance Reviews, Web-Based E-mail, Two-Member...
Daniel SchwartzWith the holiday weekend now firmly behind us (and hopefully the wet weather and storms behind us too), it seems like a good time to recap some items you might have missed over the last...
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“Be Afraid of Social Networking”– Why the Conventional Wisdom is Overblown
Daniel SchwartzEarlier this month, a National Law Journal article suggested that LinkedIn recommendations are a potential "legal land mine" for employers. Indeed, the article suggests that...
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LinkedIn Recommendations – A Hot Topic Among HR Professionals, But Should It Be?
Daniel SchwartzIn 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...
View ArticleThe Importance of Listening in Employment Law
If you’ve been playing close attention, this blog has been a bit quiet of late. Indeed, it’s probably the longest stretch between posts in the 11 years I’ve been doing this. It’s not for lack of...
View ArticleRIFs, WARN, OWBPA, Disparate Impact – An Alphabet Soup for a Future Downturn
In my prior post, I wondered aloud whether there were some rough waters ahead for employers. Apple recently announced that it would not meet it’s earnings estimates in the first quarter of 2019, in...
View ArticleWhen Attendance is Essential, Intermittent Extended Leave is Not Reasonable
The Connecticut Appellate Court has an interesting case coming out officially early next week about an employer’s obligations to provide leave as a “reasonable accommodation”. You can download...
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FAQ on Applying Performance Standards to Employees with Disabilities
At the core of every employment relationship is the expectation that the employee will perform the job satisfactorily. But what happens to those performance expectations when an employee has a...
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Big Changes Are Here for Personnel Files – Are You Ready?
On October 1, the rollout of major changes to the state’s Personnel Files Act becomes official. If I had to hazard a guess, however, I’d say that many small to mid-size companies remain unprepared for...
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