By Eric B. Meyer Yes, disclosing an employee’s medical info on Facebook is stupid, plus, it may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, too. In … Read more
Court: No 1st Amendment Protection For Teacher Trash-Talking Online
By Eric B. Meyer Do you remember Natalie Munroe? She’s the teacher who enjoyed a cup of coffee in the spotlight a few years ago after getting … Read more
How Off the Clock Use of Social Media Can Still Impact Your Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Last month I was speaking about social media and the workplace to a fabulous audience at the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference and Expo in … Read more
More Employers Not Hiring Due to What They Find on Social Media
CareerBuilder does a lot of surveys. Some of them are fun and some are silly, but sometimes, they have one that reveals something that makes you sit up and … Read more
Using an Employee’s Personal Social Media Account May Violate the Law
By Eric B. Meyer Back in 2011, when you were all Tebowing, planking and “winning,” I was blogging about this case where an employer allegedly … Read more
The Trick in Getting Them to Think Before They Tweet
The impact of social media on the business world is continuing to evolve and shape how marketing, PR and HR departments operate. While social media is a … Read more
Time to Log Off? Take Care When Crafting Workplace Internet Policies
By K. Carrie Sarhangi Are your employees allowed to use their work email account to send and receive personal emails? Should staff be permitted to surf the … Read more
No Workplace Policy Can Prevent People Doing Something Really Stupid
By Eric B. Meyer On Martin Luther King Day, I performed community service with a few of my co-workers and my 4-year-old son. We went to a local center and … Read more
What Do You Do When an Employee Blasts a Racist, Insensitive Message?
By Eric B. Meyer So, your public relations executive just tweeted a racist joke that went viral. Well, it doesn’t end well for the PR exec. Just so … Read more
Facebook Photo Flap: Female Employee Fired, Male Simply Disciplined
By Eric B. Meyer Over the weekend, I read this article about Laraine Cook, a girls basketball coach at a high school in Idaho, who lost her job, apparently … Read more