Chalk this up as another one of those trend-setting legal rulings that come out of California and then ripple across the country. The California Supreme … Read more
Lines the Boss Should Never Cross? There’s No Good Advice in THIS List
Here’s a story that I came across this week at Forbes that caught even my cynical and jaded eye — Six Lines Your Boss Should Never Cross. Ok, … Read more
Does Your Talent Management System Help Make Effective Talent Decisions?
Does your talent management system actually help you make effective talent decisions? One would hope the answer to this question would be a resounding … Read more
With IRA Deadline Looming, Do Employees Know How They Can Save?
The IRS has given us two extra days to file this year due to April 15 falling on a Sunday and the recognition of Emancipation Day on April 16. This also … Read more
Do Your Confidentiality Agreements Conflict with the NLRB’s Social Media Rulings?
By Eric B. Meyer Last week, Jon Hyman at the Ohio Employer Law Blog was on point with this good post discussing a recent National Labor Relations Board … Read more
Court: Computer Fraud Act Does Not Apply to Employee Data Theft
By Michael R. Greco Computers have become an indispensable part of our daily lives. We use them for work; we use them for play. Sometimes we use them for … Read more
Best Jobs List: Who Knew Working in HR Was So Good (and Well Paid)?
I’m always a little skeptical of best and worst jobs lists because it always seems that the actual data behind these lists seems, well, a little bit … Read more
Different Severance Packages: They May Create Discrimination Claims
By Eric B. Meyer A severance agreement helps to allow businesses to ensure that former employees don’t sue. The concept is fairly simple: in exchange … Read more
Yes, It IS Ridiculous (and Bad Business) To Ask For Social Media Passwords
I had a hard time getting through attorney William Nolan’s TLNT post yesterday about how it isn’t ridiculous to ask applicants for social media passwords. … Read more
Maryland Is First State to Ban Asking For Employee Facebook Passwords
By Eric B. Meyer And the first state to ban asking for employee Facebook passwords is … Maryland. (Now if only they would do something about this). … Read more