Articles Posted in Social Media and the Workplace

#WWHRD: You just discovered your employee’s angry racist Ferguson tweet

November 17, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

Last night, Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan came to me in a dream.

You see, we were at a video arcade, the two of them playing the classic, Street Fighter. I had next. Mr. Gorbachev was playing as Zangief and President Reagan was Guile. Because, of course.

So, just as the Premier was about to close it out, the President dropped the controls, put Mr. Gorbachev in a headlock and gave him a noogie. I’m talking right on that spot! I mean, the more he noogied, well, the spot started to change colors. From red to silver to pure gold. At which point, Mr. Gorbachev turned to me and said,

“Meyer, start a series on your blog called What Would HR Do. Perestroika!”

Alrighty then. So, it begins. WWHRD coming up after the jump…

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by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Hiring & Firing, Social Media and the Workplace and WWHRD (What Would HR Do?)

November 17, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

Can you fire an employee who posts Nazi propaganda on Facebook?

November 12, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

Maybe you’ve heard about it. I’m giving a little spiel today on social media in the workplace with a few friends at an event in Philadelphia. If I play my cards right, I’ll do as little speaking as possible on the dais.

Which means I’ll get my two cents in after the jump and discuss on a hockey coach who was recently fired for posting pictures of Nazi propaganda on Facebook.

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by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Religion and Social Media and the Workplace

November 12, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

An app to stop employees like #AlexFromTarget from checking work email

November 4, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

Today’s post is brought to you by the letters S, E, and O.

With a tip of the hat to whomever posted a link to this story on Twitter, it got me reading about this app that companies can install on employees’ smartphones and tablets that would preclude them from accessing work-related email on those devices.

Why would you want to do that?

by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Overtime and Social Media and the Workplace

November 4, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

Employee lawfully fired after making “shoot them all” Facebook threats

October 31, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

Yesterday, I addressed how what an employee says on Facebook can mean losing a job offer. In that case, the National Labor Relations Board determined that insubordination on Facebook is still insubordination and, thus, grounds for termination.

Today, after the jump, we’ll discuss how threats of violence on Facebook too are grounds for termination…

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by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Social Media and the Workplace

October 31, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

Yes, what you say on Facebook can cost you a job offer

October 30, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

Even the National Labor Relations Board agrees.

Case in point, two people (Moore and Callaghan) who worked at a teen center during the 2011-2012 school year were sent re-hire letters for the 2012-2013 school year. After the school sent out the re-hire letters, it learned of a Shakespearean Facebook exchange between Moore and Callahan which included the following:

“I don’t want to ask permission . . .”; “Let’s do some cool shit, and let them figure out the money”; “field trips all the time to wherever the fuck we want!”; “play music loud”; “teach the kids how to graffiti up the walls . . .”; “we’ll take advantage”; “I AINT GOBE NEVER BE THERE”; “they start loosn kids i aint helpn”; “Let’s fuck it up”.

by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Social Media and the Workplace

October 30, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

Social media blunders cost a chef and a chief their jobs

October 27, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

After the jump, more proof that both entry-level employees and C-Suite executives can do dumb stuff and receive the Vince McMahon treatment…

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by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Hiring & Firing and Social Media and the Workplace

October 27, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

EEOC, NLRB & Me: Mark your calendars for November 12, you guys

October 8, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

What if…

I’m just saying, what if you could attend an event — a free event, with breakfast — and you get to hear me speak for an hour and fifteen about social media in the workplace and other hot workplace issues, and then grill me during a Q&A?

That would suck, right? Because, apart from the breakfast, who wants to hear me speak for an hour and fifteen minutes?

by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Discrimination and Unlawful Harassment, Social Media and the Workplace and Unions (labor relations)

October 8, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

The Workplace Risks (and Rewards) of Social Media

September 25, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

Wouldn’t it be great if two employment lawyers, one representing employees, another representing management, would discuss the employment-law implications of social media in the workplace on a Twitter chat? Then some other lawyers could chime in. And we’d have a moderator.

What’s the word I’m looking for? Dorky? A little. But no dorkier than what the rest of you dorks discuss on Twitter.

Well, anyway, we did all this yesterday. If you missed it, k~~eep one eye open tonight; I’m coming for you in your sleep~~ here it is!.

by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Social Media and the Workplace

September 25, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm

A restaurant posted LeSean McCoy’s receipt on its Facebook page

September 9, 2014 | by Eric B. Meyer

My mind…blown!

Yesterday, the local internet feeds were flooding us with news that Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy allegedly left a 20-cent tip at a local restaurant at which he and some friends had lunch on Monday. The “smoking gun” was a copy of what is purported to be McCoy’s lunch receipt from the restaurant.

I read “Eagles Player LeSean McCoy Just Left a 20-Cent Tip at PYT” on PhillyMag.com, and “LeSean McCoy tips 20 cents at PYT. The restaurant, PYT, even posted about it on its own Facebook page, complete with a copy of the supposed McCoy receipt.

by Eric B. Meyer

Posted in: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Social Media and the Workplace

September 9, 2014

Updated: July 20, 2018 7:52 pm