Twitter, Social Media Policy, Employment Policies

Employers Beware: Can You Legally Terminate an Employee for a Controversial Facebook Post?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 1/25/2019

In this era of social media, it has become quite common for employees to post information online about their personal lives, their political views, and information related to their jobs. Social networks have increasingly...more

#Fired: Post a Tweet, Lose Your Job

FordHarrison on 8/23/2016

Many people enjoy spouting off what they view as 140-character tidbits of wisdom on the social media platform Twitter. But recently several individuals have found themselves in trouble with their employers (read: former...more

NLRB, Social Media and the Right to Complain

Baker Donelson on 3/18/2016

The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that Chipotle Mexican Grill violated the law when it forced an employee to delete certain posts on his Twitter account. James Kennedy had tweeted some unflattering statements...more

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!: New Employment Laws for Social Media Accounts

Sands Anderson PC on 6/24/2015

The Nutshell - Effective July 1, 2015, Virginia Code § 40.1-28.7:5 prohibits employers from requiring that current or prospective employees disclose information about their personal social media accounts....more

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

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 10/27/2014

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

NLRB Continues Aggressive Crackdown on Social Media Policies

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 9/4/2014

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