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
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
Has LinkedIn Finally Solved Its Identity Crisis?
I write this knowing that I might get a clearer idea next week at LinkedIn’s Talent Connect conference. Or maybe not. In fact, I’m guessing … Read more
5 Reasons Every Job Description Will Have A Social Network Built Around It
In 2012, more than 90 percent of companies will use social media recruiting in some way. But only 73 percent have successfully hired someone via social … 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
The Problem When Attorneys Become Facebook Friends With a Litigant
By Eric B. Meyer It was bound to happen sooner or later… Mary Pat Gallagher of the the New Jersey Law Journal reports here (subscription required) … Read more