By Eric B. Meyer To my fellow East Coasters, I hope this post finds you safe and dry. Me? Hey, thanks for asking. Our Philly home kept power throughout and … Read more
Caustic Twitter Rants Cost Employee His Job AND Unemployment Benefits
By Eric B. Meyer An employee getting fired for caustic social-media posts is so 2011. Having an application for unemployment-compensation benefits denied … Read more
Everything is Bigger in Texas – Even Employee Stupidity on Facebook
By Eric B . Meyer A Texas court held earlier this month that an employer lawfully fired a paramedic who posted on the Facebook page of a co-worker that she … Read more
Who Do LinkedIn Accounts You Maintain For Employees Belong To?
By Eric B. Meyer In the beginning of the year, I wrote here about a federal-court decision which recognized that LinkedIn connections are not company trade … Read more
Running With the Herd? Try Doing Something Different
I’m a phone sourcer and I make my living working the phones. To be exact, I make my living going into the bowels of companies and identifying who does … Read more
Survey: 75% of Workers Are Accessing Social Media While on the Job
Do you have a social media policy for your workplace? If you don’t, you better get cracking, because as this new survey from SilkRoad clearly shows, … Read more
NLRB Backs an Employer in Its First Facebook-Firing Decision
By Eric B. Meyer Look out for that flying pig! No, it’s true. The National Labor Relations Board actually sided with an employer on a social-media … Read more
California Law Bans Employers From Requesting Social Media Passwords
By Eric B. Meyer Last week, California became the third state to pass a law that bans employers from requesting online user names and passwords from … Read more
A Social Media Q&A: The Stuff That HR Pros Really Want to Know
I have been talking to HR professionals about social media and social recruiting. I’ve done several seminars, planning sessions and master sessions on the … Read more
NLRB’s First Social Media Ruling Slams Costco’s Policy, OKs Defamation
By Eric B. Meyer It’s been a while since I’ve addressed social media policies and the National Labor Relations Act on this blog. Longer than … Read more