Last week the New York Times featured a company, known as Social Intelligence, that, at least at first blush, seems to take the gathering of online personal information about prospective and current employees to an entirely new level. It… Read More ›
Mediation Is A Relatively Informal Meeting To Discuss Settlement Mediation, which is an assisted kind of negotiation, is one of three or four significant events in your case, and is really the only day set aside specifically to talk about… Read More ›
Communicating openly and freely with your lawyer, and employees in your lawyer’s office, is one of the keys to success in any legal matter. You must be able to do so so that nothing – even the most sensitive topics… Read More ›
If you’re going through difficult times on the job, you might be emailing or texting coworkers, friends and family about your situation. You might be posting comments on Facebook, or MySpace or on another site. You might be writing in… Read More ›
It’s a fair question. Personnel departments, often called HR departments, are the place most employees go to report unfair treatment in the workplace. Some employers will let you make your complaint to a manager or other supervisor, but the HR… Read More ›
In a tough job market, it’s more important than ever to know what your former employers are saying about you. When prospective employers call about you, what are they being told? Do you know? If you’re being bad-mouthed, what can… Read More ›
I had a call from a guy tonight – we’ll call him Dan – who wanted to know what to do about supervisors that seemed to be micromanaging him after he made a formal complaint of age discrimination. The formal… Read More ›
Jim Garrity, Esq. - Employee Rights Lawyer 