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Has it really been a dozen years? Yes, it was 12 years ago today that I clicked “Publish” and put up my Welcome message to the Connecticut Employment Law Blog. At the time, I was the first platform to discuss employment law issues with a focus on Connecticut. Now, it seems like every lawfirm has taken its newsletters and slapped a “blog” label on it and voila! Lots of employment law blogs. What’s interesting about having a blog for so long though is that you really do start to build up a perspective that’s hard to see on the day-to-day frontlines.  My earlier posts had no mention of the impact that social media was having in the workplace because, well, it wasn’t having any.   Twitter had just launched the year before and no one was using smartphones to access the internet either. And data privacy? Fight for $15? Paid FMLA? All concepts really in the 2010s. It is pretty remarkable how much has shifted over time.  Heck, we...

As I noted last week, I’l be talking at CBIA’s Employment Law Conference on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence & Analytics for HR: Recruiting, Retention & Engagement” next month. Joining me on the panel is Doug Smith, the SVP Client Delivery at Tallan, which has offices in the Greater Hartford area.  I thought it might be enlightening to ask Doug a few questions about AI and Analytics in the Workplace before our talk. He was gracious enough to humor me with answers to my questions. Really looking forward to our discussion in two weeks.  In any event, here’s a return of my ongoing Five, Six Questions Series…. Is there really a place for data analytics in HR? Definitely.  It has the most impact in larger companies, but even the smaller companies can gain insight by tracking and analyzing their data.  It’s amazing what you can find when you start to really look. Fair enough. What are the opportunities? There ar...