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Look Out for LinkedIn: Top Questions for Employers on How the Platform Impacts Your Workplace

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LinkedIn has become a key part of the business world for workers and employers alike. The platform can aid your recruitment efforts, company branding, and business development. But the world’s largest professional networking...more

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Policing Social Media Posts – PA Appellate Court Prohibits Reinstatement of Kutztown University Police Officer

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May 28, 2024Publications On May 1, 2024, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court vacated an arbitration award involving the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Officers Association (“Association”) and a former...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Can an Employer Review Social Media Posts While Assessing Candidates?

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Can an employer review social media posts for the purpose of assessing job candidates? Sometimes, according to a guide on data protection in employment released by the national Data Protection Authority for Latvia, Datu...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Curious About Your Newest Employee’s Social Media Presence? Too Bad, Because in New York, It Could Cost You!

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In the era of Tiktok influencers and Instagram models, almost everyone has an online side hustle, and that highly qualified referral you just interviewed or bright new hire you just made might just be one of them! The same...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

NY’s New Employment Law Targets Privacy Concerns

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In the current age of social media, employers have begun to increasingly rely on digital platforms to screen prospective employees. In an effort to address the growing concerns over privacy and the use of social media in...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

New York Legislation Banning Employer Social Media Inquiries Takes Effect

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A New York law recently went into effect significantly limiting employers’ ability to make inquiries regarding employees’ personal social media accounts....more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

18 Seasonal Hiring Tips For Employers

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Are you gearing up for the seasonal rush and looking to strengthen your workforce with summer hires? Seasonal hiring can be a game-changer for businesses, ensuring they have extra hands to meet customer demand during peak...more

Dechert LLP

Recent New York Legislation Highlights Tension Between Employee Privacy and Regulatory Compliance for Broker-Dealers and Advisers

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As of today, March 12, 2024, a New York state statute, in certain circumstances, restricts employers “from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant disclose any . . . means for accessing a personal account...more

Epstein Becker & Green

ICYMI: 10+ Years Later, NY Limits Employers’ Access to Employees’ Social Media and Other “Personal Accounts”

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With the potential “tendency of many to ‘overshare,’ documenting everything from their breakfast to their favorite Marvel™ villain” on social media, as recognized in at least one court opinion, perhaps unsurprisingly, some...more

Ius Laboris

Social media and protected beliefs at work

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The Belfast Industrial Tribunal in Northern Ireland has recently rejected two claims of unfair dismissal following sectarian (anti-Catholic) chants posted on social media. We look at the implications of clashing views on...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Teacher Discharged for Social Media Posts

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In the Matter of Arbitration Between Milton Area Education Association and Milton Area School District (Talarico 2022) (Arbitrator sustains discharge of teacher for inappropriate social media posts)....more

Foley Hoag LLP

New York Restricts Employer Access to Employee Social Media Accounts

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On September 14, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law (A.836) that prohibits employers from requesting or requiring that employees or job applicants disclose the log-in information to their personal social...more

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EntertainHR: Michigan’s Miscue—Is Your Company Ready for a Social Media Scandal?

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Only a few days after being hired by the University of Michigan’s football program as the assistant director of football recruiting, Glenn Schembechler (son of longtime Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler) resigned after his...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Court Rules That Inflammatory Social Media Posts by a Public Employee Are Not Protected by the First Amendment

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Vallecorsa v. Allegheny Cty., No. 2:19-CV-1495-NR, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 206720, at *2 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 15, 2022). United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania holds that Allegheny County (“County”) did...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 4, April 2023

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Here are the Top Risks for the Construction and Engineering Sector - “Business interruption/supply chain disruption and natural catastrophes are the top risks for the construction and engineering industry, followed by the...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Shielding Your Workforce: Strategies for Safeguarding Employees during Mass Layoffs and High-Profile Terminations

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The recent wave of mass layoffs has created an uptick in protests and demonstrations by those affected. In some cases, pay and benefit cuts in lieu of layoffs have also resulted in significant repercussions, as evident by the...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Teacher Reinstated Following TikTok Post Featuring Explicit Song and Suggestive Dance Moves

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Cent. Valley Sch. Dist. v. Cent. Valley Educ. Ass’n, 2022 Pa. Commw. Unpub. LEXIS 482 (Pa. Commw. Ct., Nov. 7, 2022). In an unpublished opinion the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the decisions of an arbitrator and...more

Troutman Pepper

Employer Justified in Terminating Employee Over Inappropriate Social Media Posts

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Q: Can a private employer terminate an employee for social media posts that violate internal policies? ...more

McAfee & Taft

Despite violating numerous workplace behavior policies, flight attendant wins initial day in court

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A recent jury verdict against Southwest Airlines and Transport Workers Union of America, Local 556 is an interesting study in the tension between an employer’s right to police an employee’s statements on social media and the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Private Employer May Terminate Employee for Racially Insensitive Social Media Post

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Last week the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by an employee who alleged she had been wrongfully terminated based on her controversial Facebook post. In so doing, the court held that the...more

Goldberg Segalla

Top 10 Tips for Reducing the Business Risks of Social Media Use

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1. If you use third-party organizations to search social media accounts of applicants, be sure to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act as well as state and local equivalent laws. ...more

Jackson Walker

Labor & Employment Symposium - Topics: Religious Accommodations—Vaccinations; DOL Mental Health Parity Audits

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Jackson Walker Attorneys Scott McElhaney and John Koepke, along with Rory Akers from Lockton Dunning Benefits, discuss current labor and employment law topics that may impact you and your company. Topics: Religious...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Leveraging Social Media for Recruitment Strategies

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Now is the time to be leveraging social media for your recruitment strategies. 73% of millennials found their last job on a social network (HR Network). Social media is a great outlet to showcase your company’s culture and...more

Cozen O'Connor

#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 4

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Prior to the advent of social media, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. However, those bygone times have been replaced by a modern...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Employee Who Advocated Violence In A Social Media Post

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In a recent employee termination case, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the dismissal of race discrimination claims by a bank employee who was terminated due to a social media post. Plaintiff, a...more

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