Michael Schmidt, Vice Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses current employment law news, trends, developments and guest analysis. This episode presents the first of two parts of a timely and...more
7/20/2017
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Compliance ,
Dress Codes ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Religious Clothing ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII
Bloomberg just reported last week that the Apple Watch “is eroding demand for traditional timepieces.” That’s not just a bad sign for watch retailers, but for employers who continue to have to keep up with the ever-shrinking...more
8/11/2015
/ Apple ,
Apple Watch ,
Employment Policies ,
GINA ,
Google ,
Google Glass ,
Harassment ,
Healthcare ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Proprietary Information ,
Smartphones ,
Trade Secrets ,
Wearable Technology
You thought Donald Trump was all over the place before. The golf courses, beauty pageants and reality shows paled in comparison to what we have seen and heard in 2015. Jumping into the ring of this election cycle’s...more
This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2015. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2014. Rather than simply give you links to all of my stimulating...more
12/19/2014
/ Advertising ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Facebook ,
Harassment ,
Holiday Parties ,
NLRB ,
RLUIPA ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks ,
Text Messages ,
Wage and Hour
There seems to be room in the sandbox for lots of people to play.
Recent recesses have seen the NLRB dominate the discourse over the do’s and don’ts when it comes to social media and employment law. But another federal...more
This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2014. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2013. Rather than simply give you links to all of the stimulating...more
12/23/2013
/ Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Facebook ,
Free Speech ,
Hackers ,
Harassment ,
Holidays ,
Logos ,
NLRB ,
Passwords ,
Social Media ,
Wage and Hour