Last August the National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel issued a report detailing the outcome of investigations into 14 cases involving employee use of social media and social media policies.
A second report issued January 24 on the same subject underscores that social media remains a top NLRB enforcement priority. In the preface
One of the biggest worries of lawyers defending against employee lawsuits is the stray statement in an e-mail that can be blown up or taken out of context. We are constantly warning clients that, before they click "send", they should think about how an e-mail will look to a jury.
However, the recent acquittal of
A post in today’s HR Daily Advisor poses the question whether an employer is better or worse off using internet social networking sites as a means of performing background checks on prospective employees. On one hand, the internet is an inexpensive and easy way of getting information about a person’s background and character. Given the risks
There is an interesting debate occurring in the legal blogosphere concerning LinkedIn, a popular business social networking site. It started with an article a couple of weeks ago in the National Law Journal, where management side lawyers were quoted giving warnings about the dangers of using LinkedIn to provide recommendations to current or
The National Law Journal reports today that text messages 
are becoming a growing liability concern for employers. Offensive and inappropriate texts are increasingly being used as evidence in sexual harassment cases. According to the article, the main culprit is male bosses sending scandalous messages to female subordinates asking them on dates or making promises
Between a busy trial schedule and the other distractions of summer, we have been a little 
delinquent in keeping you up to date during the past couple of weeks. We apologize for the inactivity on the blog, as there have been many developments in the employment law world since our last posting at the end
Chances are your employees have sites on Facebook, MySpace, or some other online social networking site. It is not uncommon for these employees to post statements or photographs on those sites that are derogatory of their boss, their workplace, or their colleagues. Sometimes people post statements or explicit photographs that embarrass themselves, and by extension, you, as