Topic
Workplace Communication
43 published works
Mike McBride Online
Linked – Workers use unapproved messaging apps to get their work done
By Mike McBride
This is one of those statistics that should jump off the page and worry the heck out of people in HR, and especially the eDiscovery industry. “The study found that…
Employment Law Worldview
NLRB Takes a Bite Out of Big Apple Restaurant, Finding Terminations Following Employee Emails Expressing Workplace Concerns Violated the NLRA (US)
A unanimous decision by a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently found a New York City restaurant to have violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or…
Taking Care of HR Business
Dear Byron: Emojis at Work
[Letter to Byron D. Verrill, who in 1862 began the law practice known today as Verrill Dana, LLP] Dear Byron D. Verrill The other day an employee asked me what…
Workplace Law & Strategy
Are your employees texting? Risks to employers taking workplace communications offline
By Rachel Bernasconi, Karla Grossenbacher
The impact of technology on the workplace is undeniable, and its effect on how employees will communicate in the workplace of the future cannot be overstated. Impacts are emerging in…
Employment Law Worldview
Technological advances in the workplace – enabling communication or undermining it?
Many thanks to summer vacation student Hannah Meahan for this great review of the potential human cost of new technology in the workplace. Technology has permeated our everyday lives and…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Workplace Instant Messages: Information Overload
By Lisa Stam
[caption id="attachment_8377" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo Credit - Gilles Lambert[/caption] We all know that social media, electronic communications and the online world has changed how we interact socially. Who has the…
La Revue
Courriel de salarié et liberté d’expression, tout dépend du contexte
Cass soc 19 mai 19 mai 2016, n°15-12.311 Un salarié adresse aux salariés et délégués syndicaux de son entreprise un message contenant des propos très durs à l'encontre de la…
Pam Woldow's At the Intersection
High Power, Low Volume: The Dynamics of Feminenglish, Part II
By Pam Woldow & Doug Richardson
Typical of the way catchy neologisms leap into common currency, there’s a hot new compliment making the rounds these days: “So-and-so speaks truth to power.” The connotations of this high-powered…
Pam Woldow's At the Intersection
Manterruption, Part II: The Quest for a Cure
By Pam Woldow & Doug Richardson
In our last post we discussed the widespread tendency of men to interrupt women in settings where the power stakes were high (manterruption) and their tendency to appropriate women’s comments…
Southwest Florida Business and IP Blog
HR Law Keynote Speaker Stephen Bienko’s Challenge
We are looking forward to hearing from Stephen Bienko, our HR Law keynote speaker on March 24. He will be presenting “Discovering Your WHO: Unifying the Workplace Through Effective Communication…