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California third state to restrict employer right to access employee and applicant social media

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 21 2012

New California Labor Code Section 980, restricting employer access to employees' personal social media, goes into effect on January 1, 2013. California

Employers take notice: scrutinize your social media policies now!

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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November 16 2012

An NLRB Administrative Law Judge, following the lead of the NLRB from its recent decision in Costco Wholesale Inc., invalidated social media and other employment policies of DISH Network, Inc

California bars employers from requiring social media passwords

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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October 5 2012

Following the lead of Maryland and Illinois, California is the latest state to stop employers from requesting social media log-in information, such as user names and passwords for Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail, from employees and job applicants

NlLRB decision guides Administratve Law Judge's invalidation of social media policy

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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October 2 2012

An NLRB Administrative Law Judge, following the lead of the NLRB and its recent decision in Costco Wholesale Inc., invalidated the social media and other employment policies of EchoStar Corp

NLRB rejects social media and confidentiality policies

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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September 20 2012

The National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision in Costco Wholesale Inc., invalidated certain personnel policies, including social media policies, protecting the dissemination of employee health information and personal identifiers

A growing trend - employers prohibited from requesting employee or applicant social media log-in information

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 30 2012

Earlier this year, Maryland enacted Labor and Employment Code 3-712, becoming the first state to pass a law explicitly prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring employees or applicants to disclose their usernames and passwords for their personal social media accounts

NLRB General Counsel issues third report on social media cases

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 30 2012

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon issued his third report on social media cases handled by the NLRB

Accessing Facebook through employers: is the juice worth the squeeze?

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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April 10 2012

Employers are becoming more aware of the impact of Facebook and the type of information it can reveal

NLRB General Counsel issues second report on social media cases

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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February 21 2012

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon recently issued a report on social media cases handled by the NLRB

NLRB charges New York nonprofit with labor law violations for discharging employees based on working-condition discussions on Facebook

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 23 2011

In yet another instance illustrating the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB’s”) intent to prosecute violations of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) related to employee activity on social media sites, the NLRB’s Buffalo, NY regional office has issued a complaint against Hispanics United of Buffalo Inc. (HUB), a New York nonprofit agency

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