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Court to Labor Board: Your “misguided attempt to find a labor-law violation” is “nonsense”

Like The Rock laying the smack(eth) down on Cody Rhodes in a Chicago parking lot, a federal appellate court recently pummelled the National Labor Relations Board. Although to be clear, no one was harmed as part of the DC Court of Appeals’ recent ruling about the contours of employee surveillance.…

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California Employers, Are You Prepared For Upcoming Data Privacy Changes?

It was perfect timing, really. A few hours after yesterday’s “New Jersey is back doing New Jersey things, like trying to kill restrictive covenants” post went live, two of my partners at FisherBroyles reaffirmed that California will always be the true OG with this article, “California Employers, Are You Prepared…

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Join us on 3/26 at Noon ET for The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hours. That’s right, HOURS! A DOUBLE FEATURE!!!

Image Credit: Photofunia.com Let’s give a shout-out to my special guest, David Miklas, and to everyone who attended The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour this past Friday. I had a great time discussing FFCRA, OSHA, and the new CDC COVID-19 guidance. Did you enjoy it too? Don’t worry. If you…

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Are you confident — “defending-a-class-action-lawsuit” confident — that you’re protecting electronic employee data?

jaydeep_ [CC0 or CC0], via Wikimedia CommonsIt’s Cyber Monday. And, since you could’ve rested your deal-finding, typing fingers anywhere. I appreciate that you’re resting them with me before rejoining the masses for some holiday shopping online. Unfortunately, if you came here looking for links to big savings, I can’t help…

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Can you legally fire an employee who butt-dials you while talking smack about the company…to a co-worker?

Image Credit: YouTube Screenshot I have trained you well. We’re gonna cut the ropes to let you fight Tong Po. (Maybe, going with a random Kickboxer reference wasn’t the best metaphor for this audience.) Ok, let’s start over. Yesterday, I had this post about a guy who allegedly lost his job over…

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Can you legally fire an employee who butt-dials you while talking smack about the company?

Taken with a selfie stick and way too much effort. Easy there, folks. My servers can only handle so much traffic on a Thursday. Legally Weird, indeed. It’s not often that I get my scoop from an online publication called Legally Weird. Then again, touché. No one is mistaking me…

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Lawsuit: No, it’s not okay to access a vacationing co-worker’s social media at the office

Facebook Mobile Texting Smartphone Facebook Lite (Image Credit: http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Facebook-Mobile-Texting-Smartphone-Facebook-Lite-3021068) During a week-long vacation from work, a Pennsylvania woman claims that some colleagues logged into her Facebook account from work and reviewed her Facebook Messenger messages, among other things. The woman further claims that when she returned to work from vacation, her…

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This military hospital’s social media cluster-you-know-what checks all the wrong boxes

Originally, I was toying with titling this post, “What Employers Can Learn From Military Nurses Who Pose Newborns Dancing to 50 Cent, Give Them The Finger, And Then Snap A Video And Photo Captioned, ‘How I currently feel about these mini Satans.’” But, yesterday’s blog title was so long already.…