Facebook firings have been so en vogue recently. See, Exhibits A, B, and C. But, let’s not forget that there are many other social-media platforms off of which employees can belly-flop into the unemployment pool. {That image seemed somehow less harsh in my head. Now that I see it on…
This week has been particularly dooziful — that’s a word, look it up — with employee social media tomfoolery. You’ve got the employee asking to be fired on Facebook, HMV employees hijacking the company Twitter account to live tweet firings, a restaurant employee posting snarky customer meal receipts and, two words,…
I’ll give you a hint. The lede from this KTVK report is: “A single sentence posted on Facebook changed Amy McClenathan’s life forever.” According to KTVK, Ms. McClenathan made the Facebook post because she was having a rough day near the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death. So, I won’t…
The self-congratulatory comments I left below the picture of my awesome seven-story beeramid. My candid review of Cinemax’s After Dark lineup from Arbor Day 2011. My plea to George Carlin to go beyond the self-imposed boundaries of seven dirty words. A new app called FaceWash promises to…
Jennifer O’Brien has a master’s degree in education and certifications as an elementary school teacher and supervisor. All that education and no common sense. You’ll see what I mean after the jump. It’s what we wordsmiths call a s&!*storm of a clusterf#%k. * * * O’Brien was assigned to teach the…
Of course she does. What does the Complaint say? And what can employers take away from it? Find out after the jump… * * * In her Complaint (copy here), the (former) school-bus driver claims that, after her shift ended, she privately messaged a student — someone who never rode…
I assure you that what inspired this post had nothing to do with the facts of the case; namely: the female plaintiff claiming that her female-lawyer boss groped her; or the plantiff’s Facebook posts about pole-dancing and calling her breasts “milk factories”. That’s all purely coincidental. Indeed, it sounds like…
The newest right-to-work state is also the latest to ban companies from accessing password-protected social media accounts. On Friday, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed House Bill 5523, prohibiting employers and educational institutions from asking applicants, employees and students for passwords and other account information used to access private internet and email…
*Do I need a disclaimer? Do I? What a year for The Employer Handbook in 2012! I’m most pleased that, in our second year of existence, readership more than doubled. Although, sadly, the one 2011 reader I had from Papua New Guinea never returned in 2012. I hope she is…
I did one of these posts a few weeks ago, where I wrote about employees getting sacked for a Facebook post and then offered you — the employment lawyers and HR pros — the opportunity to second-guess the termination decision. Giving y’all the chance to weigh in nearly crashed my servers.…