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Social media password protection and privacy the patchwork of state laws and how it affects employers

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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May 2 2013

Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others have become a part of daily life in the United States and abroad. The

New Jersey poised to enact the most aggressive social media password protection law to date, adding to a patchwork of conflicting laws across the U.S.

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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April 1 2013

New Jersey is expected to shortly join California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, and Utah in prohibiting employers from seeking employee or applicant

The National Labor Relations Board sheds useful light on key social media policy provisions

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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September 24 2012

Between summer 2011 and spring 2012, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Acting General Counsel drew substantial attention in his direction by publishing three lengthy Advice Memos, which expressed his views on the application of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to social media policy provisions and employers’ discipline based on employees’ personal social media content

NLRB report challenges validity of many commonly used social media policies

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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January 27 2012

In its most recent effort to draw lines on the self-described “hot topic” of the “lawfulness of employers’ social media policies and rules,” the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of General Counsel has taken the position that many policy provisions commonly seen in employers’ social media policies violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA

Michigan's new "Internet Privacy Protection Act" sets limitations for employers and employees

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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January 4 2013

On December 28, 2012, Michigan joined California, Illinois, and Maryland in enacting a social media password protection law when Governor Rick Snyder

Recently enacted New Jersey law shines spotlight on critical social media issue for healthcare employers

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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August 13 2012

When the photographs and videos flooding social media include images of patients or the victims of an accident or crime, it gives human resources professionals, compliance officers and in-house employment counsel at health care facilities heartburn and forces them to spring into action

NLRB opens useful escape hatch for employers responding to obnoxious social media conduct

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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October 3 2011

Selling luxury cars in a down economy can be tough enough without employees mocking a company-sponsored sales event on their Facebook page

Maryland "Facebook law" raises new obstacles for employers vetting applicants and investigating employees, but with important exceptions

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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April 11 2012

The momentum in the media made it almost inevitable: the first state law to expressly restrict employers from asking applicants and employees for social media account log-in credentials has been passed

Illinois' new social media password law raises substantial and unjustified obstacles to employers' legitimate business activities

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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May 29 2012

With last week’s approval by Illinois’ Senate of a House bill entitled, “The Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act,” Illinois (assuming the Governor signs the bill) will soon become the second state, joining Maryland, to forbid employers from requesting or requiring log-in credentials for an applicant’s or employee’s social networking site

Illinois' new social media password protection law handicaps employers' legitimate business activities

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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August 7 2012

On August 1, 2012, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill modifying Illinois' Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to limit employers' access to applicants' and employees' restricted social media accounts

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