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#NoFilter: Outside-of-Work Social Media Posts Can Create a Hostile Work Environment

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Prior to the advent of social media, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. Those bygone times, however, have been replaced by a...more

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Employers Grapple with Workers’ Off-Duty Behavior

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Employees gathering with friends, expressing their political views and posting about these things on social media have created for employers an increasingly urgent question: When the people engaging in unsafe or politically...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Election Season and the Workplace, Part 1: Employee “Free Speech” and Political Activities

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With Election Day just around the corner, we’ll be highlighting some of the issues facing employers in a two-part series on elections and the workplace. In this first installment, we’ll look at employee protections around...more

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Employer “Dislike” Button—Disciplining Employees For Noxious Social Media Posts

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With the most contentious election of our lifetimes fast approaching, we might expect employees to engage in political conduct and share strong, controversial opinions while off duty, especially on social...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: Can-My-Employees Participate in Political Activities?

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In this episode of the “Can My Employees Do That?” series, partner Elise Bloom and associate Michelle Gyves discuss whether employers can lawfully limit an employee’s participation in political activities, protests, and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Raging Bull: Getting Beat Up On Glassdoor?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Even if bad Glassdoor reviews have you feeling like you need to fight back, employers should stay out of the ring, and instead implement social media policies that clearly define prohibited behavior and...more

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Digital Disruptions: Handling Social Media Misuse By Students And Educators

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Beginning with the launch of Myspace and Facebook in the early part of the last decade, social media communication has taken the world by storm. Today, social media networking is the primary means of communicating about one’s...more

Fenwick & West LLP

eWorkplace Policies Restricting Employees’ Acceptable Use of Technology, Social Media & The Cloud

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I. OVERVIEW – THE MODERN LANDSCAPE - A. Physical Conduct PLUS Digital Activity - Traditional concerns for employers have included: conduct leading to liability to third-parties; “frolic and detour” or other...more

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