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Facebook complaints do not justify employer termination of employees, NLRB rules

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

TechLaw10, a 10-minute audio podcast update, is part of Duane Morris' continuing series of podcasts on technology law issues from the firm's

Worker's firings over Facebook complaints were improper: NLRB

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

In the case Design Tech. Grp. LLC dba Bettie Page Clothing, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that employees of a clothing

Employer’s review of employee’s Facebook photos and thorough investigation supports honest, good faith belief that employee abused FMLA leave

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2013

Facebook may not always be an employee's "friend"... From time to time, employers may suspect that an employee is abusing FMLA leave. In such

Dispute over ownership of ex-employee's LinkedIn account highlights significance of robust social media policies

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 1 2012

On October 4, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Eagle v. Morgan granted in part and denied in part an employer's motion for summary judgment on an ex-employee's federal claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Lanham Act and Pennsylvania state laws for invasion of privacy by unauthorized use of her name, invasion of privacy by misappropriation of her identity, misappropriation of publicity, identity theft, conversion, tortious interference with contract, civil conspiracy, and civil aiding and abetting in an action related to ownership of her LinkedIn account

Did the NLRB bless employees who use social media to defame? Sort of!

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2012

A manager gives an employee a final warning

Illinois bans employers from asking employees or applicants to disclose social media passwords

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2012

Illinois employers should consider taking this opportunity to review their application and hiring process, as well as their social media and computer use policies, to potentially ensure against all prohibited inquiries of employees or applicants

Workplace social networking: is Facebook during work hours good?

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2011

Gone are the days when employers generally blocked or otherwise prohibited social networking by their employees

Copacetic for employers to do a Facebook background check of job applicants?

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • Germany
  • -
  • August 31 2010

Germany is a country that is attempting to grapple with controversial online data privacy issues

Employer monitoring of employee social networking going to the next level

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 4 2010

It is common knowledge now that employees have relatively low expectations of privacy when it comes to engaging in electronic communications such as emailing when using employer computers and other equipment

Social networking while at work: networking comes of age

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2010

Once upon a time, and actually not that long ago, online social networking truly was the province of high school and college students