On March 12, a federal court in PA resolved the first HUGE LinkedIn account dispute case involving an employee and former employer. I’ve written about out it a few times previously. (Here, here,and here). The latest decision is involved. And rather than pontificate — too many syllables — I’ll defer…
Philadelphia may be poised now to follow in the footsteps of other states and municipalities that have passed similar laws to regulate what appears to be a non-existent problem. I’ll lay it out for you after the jump… * * * This proposed amendment to Title 9 of The…
Have you checked out DriveThruHR yet? DriveThruHR is the baby of Bryan Wempen and William Tincup, a half-hour radio show on which these two HR leaders, along with a guest, discuss the latest trends, thoughts and sentiment within the industry. Yesterday, I was on DriveThruHR, Human Resource’s #1 Daily Radio,…
Facebook firings have been so en vogue recently. See, Exhibits A, B, and C. But, let’s not forget that there are many other social-media platforms off of which employees can belly-flop into the unemployment pool. {That image seemed somehow less harsh in my head. Now that I see it on…
This week has been particularly dooziful — that’s a word, look it up — with employee social media tomfoolery. You’ve got the employee asking to be fired on Facebook, HMV employees hijacking the company Twitter account to live tweet firings, a restaurant employee posting snarky customer meal receipts and, two words,…
I’ll give you a hint. The lede from this KTVK report is: “A single sentence posted on Facebook changed Amy McClenathan’s life forever.” According to KTVK, Ms. McClenathan made the Facebook post because she was having a rough day near the one-year anniversary of her mother’s death. So, I won’t…
The self-congratulatory comments I left below the picture of my awesome seven-story beeramid. My candid review of Cinemax’s After Dark lineup from Arbor Day 2011. My plea to George Carlin to go beyond the self-imposed boundaries of seven dirty words. A new app called FaceWash promises to…
Jennifer O’Brien has a master’s degree in education and certifications as an elementary school teacher and supervisor. All that education and no common sense. You’ll see what I mean after the jump. It’s what we wordsmiths call a s&!*storm of a clusterf#%k. * * * O’Brien was assigned to teach the…
Of course she does. What does the Complaint say? And what can employers take away from it? Find out after the jump… * * * In her Complaint (copy here), the (former) school-bus driver claims that, after her shift ended, she privately messaged a student — someone who never rode…
I assure you that what inspired this post had nothing to do with the facts of the case; namely: the female plaintiff claiming that her female-lawyer boss groped her; or the plantiff’s Facebook posts about pole-dancing and calling her breasts “milk factories”. That’s all purely coincidental. Indeed, it sounds like…