A little over five years ago, TikTok, the social networking platform where users post videos ranging in length from 15 seconds to three minutes, was born. Now, I know that it’s hard to keep up with technology. But if your employee handbook doesn’t specifically reference TikTok — and I’m not…
Ibrahim.ID, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons It depends. (Sorry). But, for added context, I love this quote from a recent Maryland federal court opinion: [There are] complexities in relying on a party’s social media postings as an unvarnished chronicle of their lives or a contemporaneous journal of their true…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay It’s week 98 of quarantine, many of you are working from home, and the boss isn’t around. So, you’ve got really got no excuse to miss The Employer Handbook Office Hour today on Zoom at Noon ET, for which you can still register here…
TapTheForwardAssist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Did I mention yesterday that, among the many topics that Dan Schwartz and I will discuss at noon on Friday’s free Zoom chat, we’ll probably touch on employee free speech? (Click here to register.) But this doozy can’t wait until Friday. Yesterday, I read…
@MaidenSarah2 on Twitter Often on this blog, I write about employees who lose their jobs for doing dumb stuff on social media — like the one-time Associate General Counsel and HR Director who live-streamed himself on Instagram from the Capitol riots. I’ve got slide decks full of this stuff from…
Image Credit: @SollenbergerRC on Twitter Remember that time in 2017 when a white nationalist march in Charlottesville turned deadly? Several participants ended up losing their jobs once exposed on social media. Fast forward. Following Wednesday’s violent Capitol riots, a staff writer at Salon tweeted that the one-time Associate General Counsel and…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire. COVID-19 didn’t exactly do wonders for the ruby-studded computer servers in the Bloggerdome. When stuff got real in March, this blog caught 🔥🔥🔥. Take a look at the top posts from 2020: 5. “GOTCHA! You won’t…
Image by Chrystal Elizabeth from Pixabay Pretty much none of you who emailed me after yesterday’s post about state-mandated vaccines were too keen on that idea. But, speaking of COVID-19 and safety precautions, let’s see what you think about today’s twist. Have you heard about the oncology nurse in Oregon…
Håkan Dahlström, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Plus, I get to start the week right by citing a source called “Russian Machine Never Breaks.” Not this one, but this one. ***chef’s kiss*** At the aforementioned Russian Machine Never Breaks, Ian Oland reports that a Canadian professional hockey team has fired…
Image Credit: https://www.pikist.com/free-photo-sdkka As an employment lawyer and blogger, I’ve seen and heard a lot. But, I’m having a tough time wrapping my head around this one. How could this even happen? Yesterday, a college sued its former baseball coach in federal court. The reason the case is in federal…