On Tuesday, a Fox affiliate in Arizona reported here that an intern at a health and wellness company was fired for an offensive tweet. Specifically, the intern tweeting a photo showing her and a friend in a cotton field with the caption “Our inner n****r came out today.” The intern quickly deleted…
Last year, at about this time, I blogged here about a case involving some employees who thought that their employer had underpaid them. So, they discussed the matter at work. And then continued their conversation on Facebook, where they used language that wouldn’t quite make an Eagles fan in the 700 level…
Well, it depends. Here is the genesis of this article. An employee is fired because of racist comments made by his Facebook “friends.” Earlier this month, a Fox affiliate in Atlanta reported, a local man lost his job after his employer learned about a conversation he had with friends on…
An employee who was allegedly fired for violating a company’s social media policy is going to have his day in court. And on this blog. Chris Redford, a white male, worked for a Louisiana TV news station. The station has a social media policy prohibiting employees from responding to viewer…
No, the secret sauce isn’t ketchup. Or is it? Literally. [Music] The secret’s out in 140 characters In Texas, there’s a professional football team that could fill an infirmary ward restaurant called Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers. A local FOX affiliate reports here that a recently-fired employee promptly raised Cain (see what I…
And when the employer practically admits as much at a deposition = hella-stupid retaliation Yet, that’s what apparently happened, as described in the recent Michigan federal court decision in Brown v. Oakland County. Before I discuss that decision, I have a little contest for you. There is a great* employment-law decision involving…
One of the finest employment-law bloggers, Daniel Schwartz, recently marked the eight-year anniversary of his Connecticut Employment Law Blog with a post about the three most notable changes in employment law over that span. Number one was social media. While for us bloggers, social media presents the lowest-hanging clickbait fruit,…
The recent uptick in activity on my “fired AND Facebook” Google Alert suggests that individuals with jobs continue to struggle with social media (Exhibit A, B). However, according to a recent survey from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), 65% of surveyed employers found their new hires through social media this…
I think I finally figured out how to monetize this stupid blog. 😉 Let’s fly out to Hawaii. Drums please. (By the way, in case you missed Friday’s post, here’s another little known fact about yours truly: I have seen EVERY episode of the Jack Lord Hawaii Five-O). Work-related blogging is…
I tweeted this yesterday, but, lest anyone missed my admonition, I’m giving it its own short post. Folks, recreating an ISIS beheading and posting the video on Instagram is no way to build trust and workplace camaraderie. That’s an HR pro tip from yours truly. (h/t The Sun) Image Credit:…