The selected articles and papers are reflective of my research, writing and presentations over the past two decades on various labor and employment law issues including: public sector labor and employment law; the nature and impact of new technologies in the workplace; workplace privacy; employment discrimination and retaliation; the applicability of the First and Fourth Amendments to the public sector workplace; and constitutional and statutory protections for whistleblowing. The intersection of new technologies with public and private sector labor and employment law remains one of my primary scholarly interests. In addition, I am continuing work on a planned interdisciplinary article analyzing the intersection of law, literature and New York history as it relates to a mid-19th century short story by Herman Melville. The analyses and opinions contained in the posted articles and papers express my personal views and do not reflect the views of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) or the State of New York.
Articles
Workplace Consequences of Electronic Exhibitionism and Voyeurism, Technology and Society Magazine (2011)
The popularity of email, blogging and social networking raises important issues for employers, employees and...
Card Check Labor Certification: Lessons from New York, ALB. L. REV. (2011)
During the debate over the card check proposal in the Employee Free Choice Act of...
Public Sector Labor Law and History: The Politics of Ancient History?, Hofstra Labor and Emploment Law Journal (2011)
This article discuss three books that address various aspects of public sector labor history. It...
Some Think of the Future: Internet, Electronic and Telephonic Labor Representation Elections (with Sara Slinn), St. Louis U. L.J. (2011)
Amid the scholarly dialogue regarding amending labor certification procedures, there have been calls for the...
Workplace Electronic Privacy Protections Abroad: The Whole Wide World Is Watching, University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy (2008)
Legal and public policy ideas and concepts are known to traverse national borders. The rapidity...
Presentations
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy When Using Employer Email, 28th Annual Carl A. Warns, Jr. Labor & Employment Law Institute (2011)
Procedural and Substantive Issues in Employment Retaliation Claims “Whistleblower Jurisdiction”, 2010 Court of Claims Judges’ Association Meeting (2010)
The following is the powerpoint presentation given at the 2010 Court of Claims Judges’ Association...