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Protecting Privacy or Enabling Fraud? Employee Social Media Password Protection Laws May Clash with FINRA Rules

by Jessica Goldenberg | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/9/2013

As a growing number of states pass legislation which will protect individuals’ social media accounts from employer scrutiny, they have encountered a surprising adversary – FINRA and other securities regulators....more

Employment Law in the News: Paid Sick Leave in NYC, Social Media in NJ, Mandatory NLRB Posters

by Julie Levinson Werner | Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 5/9/2013

Mandatory Sick Leave Coming to New York City - Businesses with 20 or more employees will be required to provide paid sick time to their workers, if legislation before the New York City Council is passed. Although Mayor...more

Workplace Policy Institute: Social Media Password Protection and Privacy — The Patchwork of State Laws and How It Affects...

by Philip Gordon, William Simmons, Amber Spataro | Littler on 5/3/2013

Introduction - Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others have become a part of daily life in the United States and abroad. The unavoidable reach of social media into our personal lives has...more

Texas Leg Watch 2013: Banning Employers From Demanding Social Media Passwords Bill To Hit House Floor Tomorrow

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/30/2013

As part of our continuing coverage of the Texas Legislature Watch (they only meet every other year in Texas), we look at the bill that would prohibit employers from demanding passwords or other access to the social media...more

Three More States Hop on the Social Media Legislation Bandwagon

by Allison Riechert Giese, Jessica Perry, Devin Slack | Orrick - Global Employment Law Group on 4/30/2013

Act 1480, signed by Governor Mike Beebe on April 22, 2013, prohibits an Arkansas employer from requiring or requesting a current or prospective employee to (1) disclose his or her username or password for a personal social...more

Arkansas Latest State to Restrict Employer Access to Applicant and Employee Personal Social Media Accounts

by Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/24/2013

On April 22, 2013, Arkansas' governor signed H.B. 1901, continuing the national momentum to prohibit employers from requesting or requiring prospective and current employees to disclose their username and password to their...more

New Mexico Prohibits Employers from Requesting or Requiring Access to Prospective Employee Social Networking Accounts

by Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/11/2013

On April 5, 2013, New Mexico's governor made it unlawful for an employer to: - request or require that a prospective employee divulge a password allowing access to his or her account or profile on a social networking...more

Broad Social Media Privacy Bill Reaches New Jersey Governor’s Desk

by Mark Diana, Evan J. Shenkman | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/5/2013

On March 21, 2013, a broadly-worded social media privacy bill (A2878) received final legislative approval, and now awaits action by Governor Chris Christie. As discussed in several prior issues, this bill would bar an...more

Take 5 Newsletter: EEOC Update; Intern Wage and Hour Claims; NLRB Quorum; Unemployment Discrimination; Social Media Passwords

by David Garland | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/5/2013

EEOC Releases Letter Addressing Wellness Programs and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations - In a letter issued recently by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), Peggy Mastroianni, the agency's Legal Counsel,...more

Employers Beware: Requiring Access to Employees’ Social Media Is Now Illegal

by W. George Wailes | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 4/3/2013

New Labor Code section 980, effective January 1, 2013, generally precludes employers from requiring or asking employees or job applicants to disclose their user names or passwords, or to provide access to, or divulge...more

Utah Legislature Passes Internet Employment Privacy Law

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 4/3/2013

Utah may be the next state to join the ranks of California, Illinois, Maryland and Michigan in prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring employees or job applicants to disclose their personal internet and social...more

Utah’s New Internet Employment Privacy Law Continues a Growing Trend

by Noa Baddish, Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/3/2013

On March 26, 2013, Utah joined Maryland, Illinois, California, and Michigan as the fifth state to prohibit employers from requesting that job applicants or employees disclose passwords protecting their personal internet...more

Tweet, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way: What All Employers Need To Know About Social Media In The Workplace

by Eric Gordon | Akerman Senterfitt on 3/21/2013

Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. YouTube. Blogs. Email. Texts. Social media in the workplace has become a fact of life for all employers. Companies are learning that these once feared social media sites can be powerful marketing...more

Washington May Be Gridlocked, But States Are Not, Attorney Says

by Michael Cardman | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 3/18/2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. - New employment laws in areas ranging from criminal background checks to weapons at work are likely to bubble up in states across the nation this year....more

Will Oregon's Manufacturing Employers Be Prohibited From Demanding Social Networking Login Passwords from Job Applicants?

by Louis Santiago | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/12/2013

Senate Bill 499, introduced by three Oregon Senators on February 7, 2013, would prohibit employers and universities, both public and private, from requiring applicants to turn over passwords to their personal social...more

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