I’ve been slacking, folks. Not since November have I blogged about a defendant’s motion to compel a motion to compel an individual’s social-media content. Since then, several more Pennsylvania courts have weighed in on this burgeoning area. I’m sorry to each and every one of you. I have let…
powered by Fotopedia Yesterday, we looked at a recent federal-court decision to determine whether LinkedIn connections are considered trade secrets. Today, after the jump, we look at whether your business has any protectible interest in a LinkedIn account that you create and maintain for your employees. * * * Let’s…
Over the past several weeks, you probably read about this case involving a company suing one of its former employees whom it alleges misappropriated a Twitter account and, along with it, 17,000 Twitter followers that the company believes it owns. A video about the case follows below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hV2lCnG5VA A fight over…
As the year draws to a close, let’s take a look back at the most popular posts at The Employer Handbook in 2011, based on number of hits: 5. Social media and the workplace. School teacher Natalie Munroe made several appearances on the blog this year. Remember her? She…
Better yet, what can your business do to capitalize? I’ve got answers to these questions after the jump. Let’s start with more social networking (duh!) Avi Savar writes here in Forbes that, next year, your employees will be constantly be broadcasting their whereabouts to their friends and your competition: Yes,…
I’m taking the day off. I think I deserve it. So, after the jump, we have a guest post from Angelita Williams. Angelita writes on the topics of online courses. She welcomes your comments at angelita.williams7@gmail.com. (BTW – If any of you lovely readers are interested in guest posting here at…
Is there anything that Twitter can’t do? *** Twitter, make me a sandwich! *** Anyway, after the jump, news of three congressional aides who could use a job, a mixed-martial artist whose bosses don’t appreciate tweets about “rape vans,” and a convicted murderer on death row who is going to…
According to this recent SHRM survey, only 18% of companies have used social media to screen job candidates. Most cite the legal risks of screening candidates as the reason for not implementing a social-media background check. While a social-media background check may not be useful in certain instances, I can…
Two weeks ago, I was in Las Vegas at the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, presenting on using social media to make hiring decisions. If you would like to obtain a copy of my presentation, just head on over to our Facebook fan page, “like” us, and download it. After…
What is this? A broken record? Yesterday, I blogged about a recent NY appellate decision in which the court held that an employee who had sued her employer would have have to turn over her Facebook postings that related to the case. Today, we head south down 95, and then…