News & Analysis as of

Social Media › Social Media Policy › Employee Rights

Follow this channel for insights at the intersection of social media and the law, covering a wide array of issues from employer liability to privacy, from advertising rules to IP matters, and... more +
Follow this channel for insights at the intersection of social media and the law, covering a wide array of issues from employer liability to privacy, from advertising rules to IP matters, and more. Like this! less -
FordHarrison

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

FordHarrison on

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Absolute Freedom to Tweet? Employers (and the NLRA) May Have Something to Say About It

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

Do you need a social media policy or are the legal obstacles just too much? Now more than ever, people are exercising their First Amendment right to free speech, which, not surprisingly, can cause heartburn at the workplace....more

Fisher Phillips

A Dealership’s Guide To Social Media, Free Speech, And The Election

Fisher Phillips on

You just learned that one of your employees expressed their opinion about the election on social media. Their unfiltered post includes slurs, and it is inflammatory at best. Had they made these same comments while at work,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Politics in the workplace: A volatile combination!

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on

On the eve of Election Day, what can employers do to keep their workplaces from exploding? What workplace speech is protected by the First Amendment or the National Labor Relations Act? When do political social media posts...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Can Employees Face Disciplinary Action For Their Social Media Posts?

Fox Rothschild LLP on

Social media has long been an outlet for expression. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming elections and the protests surrounding police brutality and racial injustice, social media has been an instrumental...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Can Employers get a Grip on Griping? Not all Gripes are Created Equal…

Cohen & Gresser LLP on

Negative employee attitudes, chronic complaining, insubordination and gossiping are bad for the workplace.  They can impact employee morale and productivity, and if spread outside of the organization, reflect very poorly on...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Raging Bull: Getting Beat Up On Glassdoor?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Even if bad Glassdoor reviews have you feeling like you need to fight back, employers should stay out of the ring, and instead implement social media policies that clearly define prohibited behavior and...more

Littler

Works Councils and Social Media in Germany

Littler on

Works councils in Germany have extensive "co-determination" rights—i.e., the right to participate in company management. Works councils serve as the representative body for employees in German workplaces. Once there are five...more

Zelle LLP

Discipline Based on Social Media Activity – An Update

Zelle LLP on

Social media is no longer trendy. It’s commonplace, and so is discipline imposed because an employee posts something inappropriate. According to a Proskauer survey, 70 percent of employers report taking disciplinary action...more

Littler

Trendsetter or Outlier? Oregon Adds New Twist to Password Protection Laws

Littler on

Since early 2012, 21 states have enacted some form of "password protection" law. Although these laws vary substantially by state, their common thread is the intention to restrict employers' ability to access content in...more

Littler

Connecticut Restricts Employer Access to Personal Social Media, E-mail and Online Retail Accounts of Employees and Applicants

Littler on

On May 19, 2015, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a new statute restricting an employer’s ability to gain access to social media, e-mail and other personal online accounts of employees and job...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Employers beware: Montana and Virginia are the newest states to limit employers’ access to personal social media accounts bringing...

Robinson & Cole LLP on

On April 8, the Montana legislature sent its new social media law to the Governor for signature and on March 23, Virginia passed legislation prohibiting an employer from requiring, requesting, or causing a current or...more

Cozen O'Connor

Are You A Nasty Mother Fu*ker?

Cozen O'Connor on

I don’t know if you are or aren’t. That’s probably for a different timeforhardselfassessmentlawblog.com (wish I had purchased that domain). However, I do know that your employees apparently can call their manager a nasty...more

McDermott Will & Emery

McDermott Predictions for 2015 on Employee Social Media Accounts

McDermott Will & Emery on

In 2015, I predict an increased focus on employees’ rights regarding their personal social media accounts. Since 2012, individual states have enacted laws prohibiting employers from requesting access to their employees’ (or...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

NLRB Finds Facebook Posts Go Too Far for the Act's Protection

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on

As we reported previously, social media issues are troublesome for employers who must navigate unsettled or even conflicting federal and state laws and decisions. A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Do Employees Have the Right to Access Social Media in the Workplace? Can Employers Block Social Media Websites?

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on

A Pew Foundation study earlier this year found that 87% of all adults in the United States access the Internet or email, either through computers or mobile devices. The same study found that of those adults, as many as 74%...more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

NLRB Continues Aggressive Crackdown on Social Media Policies

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on

In the past few years the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has taken an increased interest in whether workplace policies prohibiting employees from discussing the terms and conditions of their employment on social...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Employers Are Not Going to "Like" This NLRB Decision on Social Media

Foley & Lardner LLP on

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has issued yet another decision which should cause all employers, even those without unions, to think very carefully before disciplining any employee for their actions on social...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Special Report: Social Media Roundup

Proskauer Rose LLP on

Social Media Roundup - Rhode Island, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma are the latest states to provide prospective and/or current employees with increased social media protections, following Tennessee, Wisconsin,...more

Fisher Phillips

Enforcing Your Policies Outside The Workplace

Fisher Phillips on

All employers adopt and enforce policies regulating conduct at the workplace. Many employers expect that employees will follow their employment polices at all times regardless of whether the employee is working or at work....more

Littler

Oklahoma and Louisiana Become the Latest States to Enact Social Media Password Protection Laws

Littler on

Weeks after Wisconsin and Tennessee enacted their own legislation aimed at restricting access by employers to applicants’ and employees’ personal online content, Oklahoma and Louisiana have followed suit, further complicating...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal ALJ Says Social Media Policy Cannot Require Employees to State That Their Opinions Are Not Those of the Company

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on

In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board has attacked a range of employer social media policies that sought to restrict employees’ complaints or disparaging remarks about their employers. The NLRB contends that...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations

NLRB Gets #SocialMedia: Board and ALJ Rulings Recap

Proskauer - Labor Relations on

‘April rulings bring May muddling’ might be a better way to tweet recent social media decisions at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) given the Board’s ruling in Durham School Services (April 25, 2014) and an...more

McAfee & Taft

Social media restrictions on employers passes Oklahoma House

McAfee & Taft on

In 2014, at least 25 states have legislation pending which would limit an employer from accessing personal social media. Last week Oklahoma joined that list....more

Buchalter

Latest NLRB Developments Regarding Social Media Policies

Buchalter on

Social media on the Internet have become enormously popular in recent years as more and more people log on to chat, blog and post updates on an infinite variety of topics. In response to this phenomenon, many companies have...more

38 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2
Next »

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide