Social Media and the Workplace

Should employers monitor Facebook use of second-chance offenders?

September 12, 2010 | by Eric B. Meyer

A few weeks ago, I came across an article by Terrence O’Brien on switched.com, “Facebook ‘Subscribe to’ Feature Lets You Follow Your Friend’s Every Move.”

Facebook is testing a new feature that lets you subscribe to a specific user’s content. In practice, this means receiving a notification every time that user updates their status, posts a new photo, link, video or note, and Mashable aptly dubs it the ‘Stalker Button.’ Taken at face value, this would appear to be a direct answer to the ability to “follow” a user on Twitter…

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How Facebook Can Make Or Break Your Case

September 8, 2010 | by Eric B. Meyer

Facebook has over 400 million active users.

Twitter users are, in total, tweeting an average of 55 million tweets a day.

If an employee files suit against your client, what are the odds the employee uses social media? I’d say they’re pretty good.

Another Juror Who Can’t Resist Facebook’s Siren Song

September 7, 2010 | by Eric B. Meyer

This is a labor and employment law blog. From time-to-time — ok, a LOT — I’ll post about social media policies and employee use of social media. A juror making a Facebook post during a trial has nothing to do with labor and employment law. However, I’m a sucker for these stories. So you’ll just have to suffer through it.
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