Social Media

FACEBOOK POSTINGS AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE PROTECTED ACTIVITY, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Personnel Policies, Social Media /

In a series of recent rulings and advisories, labor regulators have declared some terminations relating to social media communications, as well as certain social media policy restrictions, to be unlawful. In a decision with potential major repercussions, the National Labor Relations Board  (NLRB) recently considered an employer’s termination of five employees who posted comments on […]

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION SANCTIONED BY COURT FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE SOCIAL MEDIA EVIDENCE

Litigation, Social Media /

In EEOC v. Original Honey Baked Ham Company of Georgia, Inc., which is presently being heard in federal court in Colorado, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commenced a lawsuit on behalf of a class of current and former employees asserting sexual harassment and retaliation.  During discovery, the employer requested the class members’ social media

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