Know Thy Privacy Settings
Not knowing others can see your Facebook comments doesn’t mean you can sue for invasion of privacy. – Sumien v. Careflite, 2012 WL 2579525 (Tex. Ct. App. July 5, 2012) This case goes into the category...
View ArticleUniversity Professor Fired For Posting on Facebook That He “Cheated” His Way...
Sutton v. Bailey, 2012 WL 5990291 (8th Cir. Dec. 3, 2012), is the latest reminder that private Facebook postings can lead to professional consequences. Sutton was hired as a Funeral Science Director...
View ArticleFirst Grade Teacher Loses Tenure For Airing Classroom Frustrations on Facebook
No First Amendment Protection for public school teacher’s comments on Facebook — In re O’Brien, 2013 WL 132508 (N.J. Super. App. Div. Jan 11, 2013) We’ve seen a number of cases in which employees are...
View ArticleDirecTV’s Work Rules Invalidated by NLRB
NLRB Strikes Down Restrictions on Employee Communications on Social Media and Elsewhere — DirectTV U.S. DirecTV Holdings, LLC, 359 NLRB 54 (Jan. 25, 2013) On the same day that the D.C. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleHR Hero Article on Internet Firings
Check out the article on Internet firings posted on HR Hero’s “Technology for HR” blog. The article talks about the firing of the Applebee’s waitress who snapped a picture of a receipt on which the...
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NLRB Sanctions Employers Who Fire Employees For Online “Protected Concerted...
Employers who discipline employees for their social media activity could unwittingly violate protections under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) for employees who engage in “protected concerted...
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Court Finds Firing of Teacher for Her Comments on Social Media “Shocking to...
A New York court overturns the termination of a public school teacher for posting offensive comments on social media – Rubino v. City of New York, 106 A.D.3d 439 (May 7, 2013) The New York Supreme...
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NLRB Strikes Down Selective Enforcement of Work Email Policy
Birth announcements. Girl Scout cookies fundraisers. Leftovers in the company lounge. We’ve all probably received an email at work on these or similar subjects. It’s uncommon for an employee be...
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Firing of Employee For Posting Profanity-Laced Facebook Comments Ruled Illegal
Social media seems to be a favorite forum for employees to complain about their workplace. Firing employees for posting work-related social media messages can land an employer in trouble. But is...
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