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Beware the Ides of March (But that Office Pool is Probably Okay)

Daniel Schwartz
March 10, 2010 21:02

With the UConn Women's Basketball Team on a 72 game winning streak (and the University of Hartford riding high as well), it's hard not to get excited about the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments that start in a few days.  (Let's just quickly forget the UConn's men's team for the...

Paycheck Fairness Act - Coming Soon?

Daniel Schwartz
February 09, 2010 03:47

As those who have been following my tweets know, I have been at the American Bar Association's House of Delegates and midyear meetings. There's lots of substance to these meetings and you can certainly follow along with the ABA Journal. Among the topics discussed today, was the Paycheck...

Will Blumenthal's Departure from Attorney General's Office Have an Impact on Employers?

Daniel Schwartz
January 06, 2010 16:09

The big news in Connecticut this morning has to be the retirement of Senator Chris Dodd and the announcement by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal that he will seek that seat. This is most definitely NOT a political blog so I'll leave it to others to figure out the political...

A Dollar Here, 35 Million Dollars There...: Classifcation of Employees Remains Timely Issue

Daniel Schwartz
December 28, 2009 12:28

While I'm out on vacation for a bit, I thought I'd have one of my colleagues share a post on a recent case he's focused on. Mick Lavelle is no stranger to employment law issues, having successfully litigated the case of Bridgeport Hospital v. CHRO -- an important Connecticut Supreme Court case...

Teaching Kids About Labor Strikes: An Update with "Animal Strike at the Zoo!"

Daniel Schwartz
March 07, 2010 03:10

How do you explain work issues for kids? That was a question I posed two years ago in a post.  I didn't really answer it other than to point to a children's book "Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type" as a way to have a discussion about labor issues with kids from 3-8 or so. But there's...

Five Questions with...Dr. Steven Lurie, on the Attributes for Career Success

Daniel Schwartz
January 11, 2010 12:46

Bringing back a recurring feature of the blog, today and tomorrow will feature an interview with Dr. Steven Lurie who heads Lurie Executive Development and is the author of a recently published book "Handbook for Early Career Success".  You can find his full bio here. What has...

Plaintiffs in Ricci v. DeStefano Move to Disqualify District Court Judge

Daniel Schwartz
February 24, 2010 13:44

The Ricci v. DeStefano case (now on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court) has vanished from the headlines, but the case is still kicking around as the courts and the parties attempt to fashion a remedy that fits with the judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. For some time now, however, the plaintiffs...

Social Networking and Social Media Guidelines - Is It Time Your Company Developed Some?

Daniel Schwartz
January 22, 2010 12:35

Let's face it: There are still way too many people who think social media and social networking sites are a fad and time-waster. I mean, how else do we explain the thousands of companies that have strict firewalls at their companies to prevent employees from using these sites. (And if you think...

Before the Ball Drops -- 2009: The Year of Ricci v. DeStefano And...

Daniel Schwartz
December 30, 2009 14:05

2009 will not go down as the most exciting year for employment law. There were a number of "honorable mentions" for items that have had an impact, but nothing -- in my view really stands out. I suppose for Connecticut, the Ricci v. DeStefano case has to be put up at the top of the list of...

2010 - The Year We Make Contact (Or, Why Predictions of the Future Are Rarely Right)

Daniel Schwartz
December 31, 2009 08:17

I suspect over the next few days and weeks, we'll start having nostalgia for the movie, 2010.  It was a fun little movie that seemed ground-breaking at the time, but now just seems a little dated.  But do you remember the tagline for the movie? It was "The Year We Make...