Hiring & Firing, Social Networks

Laid-Off Workers Gain Influence on Social Media, Raising Concerns for Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/29/2024

Waves of mass layoffs during the past two years have generated a new trend: layoff influencers who use social media to vent feelings, get assistance with a job search, and find community with other laid-off workers. This...more

Balancing Protected Characteristics - Religious Belief v Sexual Orientation: Ngole v Touchstone Leeds

BCLP on 7/26/2024

This week we focus on a new case looking at the difficulties between balancing protections of religious belief with the rights and protections of LGBTQI+ individuals....more

What to Do When Your Termination Conference Ends Up on TikTok

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/10/2024

Some employees who are being fired or laid off from their jobs have started to record the conversations with their managers or human resources representatives and post it on social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, or X...more

LinkedIn for Lawyers: New LinkedIn Features for Job Seekers

Good2bSocial on 3/8/2023

One of our favorite topics to cover is LinkedIn for lawyers. That’s because it’s a powerful tool for legal professionals, whether they’re looking for career opportunities or new leads. It’s arguably the best platform for...more

Fourth Circuit Reinstates Employee’s Claim That Social Media App Messages Provided Sufficient Notice of a Medical Absence

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/21/2022

On August 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in Roberts v. Gestamp West Virginia, LLC, that an employer’s “usual and customary” notice procedures relating to absences extended beyond the company’s...more

Digital Walls Surrounding Speech on Social Media Crumble: NJ Appellate Division Upholds Employee Termination for Racist Facebook...

Genova Burns LLC on 5/26/2022

On May 20, 2022, in McVey v AtlantiCare Medical System, the New Jersey Appellate Division Panel affirmed the dismissal of an employee’s case holding that her termination was not in violation of the protections afforded to...more

[EP. 39 LEGAL MARKETING MINUTES - PODCAST] "The 3 Main Reasons For Using LinkedIn"

Nancy Myrland - Myrland Marketing & Social... on 2/12/2020

What should you do when someone sends you an invitation to connect on LinkedIn? You meet someone at an event or online and want to take that relationship to the next level. Do you connect and hope they begin to notice you? ...more

Internet Job Postings Pose Legal Perils for Employers

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/3/2020

Today social media platforms, including Facebook and LinkedIn, allow employers to target their job listings based on various characteristics of the users they wish to reach. As a result, employers can theoretically identify...more

To Stalk or Not to Stalk . . . That Is the Question – Using Social Media for Applicant Review

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/23/2019

Now more than ever, employers are using social media to screen job applicants. According to a 2018 survey, 70 percent of employers use social media to research candidates. Using social media to research job applicants can...more

#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 2

Cozen O'Connor on 9/13/2019

Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. ...more

Top Tips for Reviewing Your Social Media Profile

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/11/2019

Fifty-six percent of law school admissions officers say they look at an applicant’s social media profile to learn more about them, according to a survey by Kaplan Test Prep of 117 law schools. Ninety-one percent of law...more

Employers Should Immediately Review Recruitment Ad Practices Due to Facebook Class Litigation

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 1/21/2019

A little over a year ago, three major employers—T-Mobile, Amazon, and Cox Communications—were sued for allegedly discriminating on the basis of age in the way they recruited new employees via Facebook. The plaintiffs’ lawyers...more

Help Wanted: How Your Online Job Advertisements Could Be Considered Age Discrimination

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 1/24/2018

More and more employers are seeking employees on the internet through targeted advertisements on Facebook. Employers can target these advertisements to certain users based on age, location, interests, experience, among other...more

How to Get Yourself Fired for a Facebook Post

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/13/2017

Social media has created a minefield of concerns for both employees and employers. The news is full of stories of employees documenting their questionable off-duty conduct on social media, or posting comments containing...more

LinkedIn Activity May Violate Non-Solicitation Agreements

Troutman Pepper on 12/12/2017

Q: A former employee has invited some of her former co-workers and clients to connect on LinkedIn. Is this a violation of her non-solicitation agreement with our company? ...more

“Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!”: How to get yourself fired for a Facebook post

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/13/2017

Social media has created a minefield of concerns for both employees and employers. The news is full of stories of employees documenting their questionable off-duty conduct on social media, or posting comments containing...more

LinkedIn – in whose professional interest?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/22/2017

LinkedIn is the biggest online network of professionals in the world. Many employers encourage staff to use LinkedIn to promote their organisation. While employees may share content relating to their organisation, they...more

Did Data Scraping Just Get A Tiny Bit Safer?

Dickinson Wright on 8/22/2017

Is it okay to scrape data from another website? This is a frequently asked question that almost always leads to an ambiguous and equivocal answer. Legal practitioners are quick to point out the risks of civil and criminal...more

To Connect Or Not To Connect, That Is The Non-Solicitation Agreement Question

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/15/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: A former employee’s social media activities were not “solicitations” that breached his employment non-solicitation agreement where no suggestion to join the former employee was apparent from the activity....more

Will That Sandwich Make You Sick? – 8th Circuit Holds NLRA Does Not Protect Disparaging Statements By Jimmy John’s Employees

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/11/2017

On July 3rd, the 8th Circuit held that disparaging statements made by Jimmy John’s employees in a labor dispute were not entitled to National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “The Act”) protections – because the actions were...more

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