Topic
Workplace Communication
43 published works
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Fired over an email’s ‘tone’? Supreme Court decides worker’s fate
Was it insubordination or valid criticisms against the employer?
Equity at Work Blog
Talking with Employees About The Israel-Hamas War
The Israel-Hamas war is multi-faceted, violent, nuanced and evolving, and it can seem easier to not say anything rather than risk making a statement that could inflame others. However,…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Facebook Messenger and other alternative communication channels for attendance call-outs
An employee uses Facebook Messenger to notify his supervisor of a medical absence, ignoring the company's policy that requires employees to use a specific call-in line to notify their supervisor…
Achkar Law Blog
Strategies for Resolving Conflict in the Workplace
Conflicts in the workplace are disputes, disagreements, or tensions that arise between individuals or teams while they are working. Interpersonal conflicts, different work styles, miscommunication, discrimination, harassment, and policy violations…
Labor and Employment Law Insights
Can Differences in Communication Styles Among a Diverse Workforce Contribute to Discrimination Claims?
By Catarina Colón, Former Attorney Tracey O'Brien
In a world radically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the way we communicate in the workplace has been permanently altered with the integration of online communication platforms. Effective communication is…
Clio Blog
Slack for Lawyers: Save Time and Stay Organized
By Carissa Tham
You’ve likely heard of Slack—the instant messaging behemoth that has redefined workplace communication, saving employees worldwide from navigating their cluttered email inboxes. So, how exactly does Slack for lawyers work?…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Wednesday Worklaw Alert: Five Reasons Why Employees Should Never Trash Colleagues Over Text or Email
It’s never a good idea to talk poorly about your friends or colleagues, but one should never do so over text or email in the workplace. There have been several…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Here’s a Webinar That Will Help You Understand How Emoji is Used in the Workplace: eDiscovery Webinars
By Doug Austin
The adoption of emoji in workplace communication continues to evolve while technology and usage increases. And, discovery considerations involving emoji continue to increase. Here’s a webinar that digs deeper into…
Reinventing Professionals
E-Discovery and Workplace Communications
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Matt Mahon, the National Manager for Information Governance and eDiscovery Sales at Ricoh. We discussed the workplace communications challenges that e-discovery and information governance practitioners are facing,…
Global Workplace Insider
Management and foreign languages: Communication with the works council
Managers of international companies are often confronted with the problem of having to communicate with their employees and the works council in a foreign language that they do not fully…