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

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

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

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: employee considerations

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 25 2012

The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games are just around the corner!

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

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

A tweet silences the Aflac duck - a case study in celebrity agreements

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2011

Gilbert Gottfried is looking for gainful employment, and Aflac is looking for a new voice-over man

NLRB challenges termination of employee based on Facebook posting

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 10 2010

The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") recently issued a complaint against a Connecticut ambulance service accusing it of illegally discharging an employee for posting negative comments about her supervisor on her Facebook page