Remember Natalie Munroe? Let me see if I can refresh your recollection. She’s a blogger. She’s a teacher. That’s right, smarties. She’s the blogging teacher who got suspended after her school learned that he had written on her personal blog that she wished she could leave the following comments for…
Look, I’m not one to toot my own horn… And, God knows, I never like to plug my own work. But, seriously folks, I would be remiss if I did not mention (again) that the Proactive Employer Podcast, sponsored by Thomas Econometrics, is presenting a special two-part round table…
The Employment Law Blog Carnival has finally rolled into town. What is a blog carnival? It is a collection of links on a particular topic — here, employment law — that bloggers have submitted to me, which I then arrange around a particular theme. For this edition of the Carnival,…
Philadelphia Police Department has enacted a social media policy. You can view it here. A couple of noteworthy points about this policy: It recognizes that social media plays an important “business” role within the Department. The Department gets it by endorsing the “secure use of social media to enhance communication, collaboration,…
One year for Halloween when I was in law school, no, actually, I was in law school, I dressed up as Mr. T. I had the gold, the overalls, the mohawk. People stopped me on the street to take their picture with me. Although, the highlight of the night was when…
In a new survey conducted by Robert Half Technology, 1400 chief information officers (CIOs) from companies across the United States with 100 or more employees were asked: “Which of the following most closely describes your company’s policy on visiting social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, while at work?”…
Fueled by the remaining adrenaline from the Bruins 4-0 beating of the Canucks — 2 more wins… just 2 more — I am banging out this blog post just before the clock strikes 12. I have news of a new Twitter firing involving a “social media specialist” and an update…
“I just want to advise people watching at home, playing that now-popular drinking game of you take a shot whenever the Republicans saying something that’s not true: Please assign a designated driver. This is going to be a long afternoon.” — Anthony Weiner (from the House Floor on 1/19/11) You can’t…
I’m guessing that social media is not at the top of either side’s list of demands. However, player tweets like this and, in particular, this one from Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall following the death of Osama bin Laden have some speculating that a new collective bargaining agreement could…
Yesterday afternoon, Shaquille O’Neal (@Shaq) put an end to an illustrious 18-year NBA career in a single tweet: As I type this post — during the second intermission of the Stanley Cup Finals — the hashtag #ShaqRetires is still trending on Twitter. So, the question is, would you ever use…