Archive for August, 2007

Wanna Start a Company in Your Garage? Go Work for a Big Company First.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

I came across this article about the myth of “garage” business creation a bit late (it was published in Fast Company in March), but:

(1) it’s good;

(2) maybe you missed it too; and

(3) I want to put my own gloss on it.

The Myth

Some ordinary guys, without money or power, triumph via a brilliant [...]

George Lenard on Entrepreneurship, Workforce Trends |

How To Determine Whether an Employee Has a Right to Time Off for a Religious Holiday

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Yesterday I had a nice chat with Emily Friedlander of the Wall Street Journal’s The Juggle blog.

She called to discuss employee rights to time off for religious observance, in the context of making plans for the fall Jewish Holidays.

See her blog post here: When the Juggle Gets Religion.

As she correctly notes, the basic [...]

George Lenard on General |

Anti-Union Website Credited in Nurses’ Union Decertification Vote at Hospital

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

This story from today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch would be just a local story, in my view, except for the role played by an anti-union website claiming to have been created by “an independent group of nurses - not supported or affiliated with any member of the management.”

I shouldn’t be surprised by this angle, and I’m [...]

George Lenard on Internet, Labor Law, Unions |