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New York Employers Be Aware – Social Media Access Law Takes Effect

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New York employers should take note of a new law that recently took effect that impacts their ability to access applicant and employee social media accounts. The law applies to all employers covered by the New York Labor Law...more

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Arkansas' Social Media Statute: What It Tells Us, What It Doesn't

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In August 2013, Arkansas enacted a statute intended to regulate employers’ ability to access social media account of employees. This statute, entitled “Social Media Accounts of Current and Prospective Employees,” applies to...more

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Don’t Let Technology Run Away With Your Customer Information

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For many companies, customer information ranks among its most important assets. Yet these days, employees often keep this sensitive customer information in electronic locations that are not readily accessible to or controlled...more

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New Maine Social Media Privacy Law Takes Effect October 15, 2015

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Maine has become the latest state to restrict employers’ ability to access social media accounts of employees and applicants. A new Maine statute, which will go into effect on October 15, 2015, prohibits a broad range of...more

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Blocked: Managing Social Media at Work Under Virginia’s New Privacy Law

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With social media pervading all facets of society (no less than 67 percent of Americans are regular users), businesses have long been concerned with their employees’ potentially detrimental social media activities. As these...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Social Media Employee Privacy Laws – The New Majority Approach?

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As the old Bob Dylan song goes, “the times they are a-changin’.” While I suspect his message may have been intended for a more meaningful topic than social media employee privacy laws, his words do ring true. When Maryland...more

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Connecticut Joins States That Protect Personal Online Accounts of Employees

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Connecticut has joined a list of twenty-one states with a statute designed to preserve the privacy of personal online accounts of employees and limit the use of information related to such accounts in employment...more

Gray Reed

Hack Attack?

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Breathing a sigh of relief that he neither works for U.S. agencies requiring security clearances nor do his hiring policies require the details of mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests, bankruptcies, Joe Hyre...more

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Virginia Joins Nationwide Trend Limiting Employers’ Access To Employees’ Social Media Accounts

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Effective July 1, 2015, employers in Virginia will have to comply with a new law limiting their access to employees’ and applicants’ social media accounts. The new law prohibits employers from requiring employees or...more

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Tennessee’s New Social Media Law Gives Employers Dos and Don’ts Regarding Employee Privacy

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All Tennessee employers and their agents must now comply with the “Employee Online Privacy Act of 2014,” a new law that prohibits employers from asking their employees for their usernames and passwords to social media sites,...more

Butler Snow LLP

Are You Ready for the New Holacracy? Update on Social Media and the Hiring Process

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The innovative folks at Zappos have eschewed the traditional job application/interview/job offer process for a social-media-driven process on a Zappos platform. While very up-to-date, does this push the envelope to the point...more

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Top New Jersey Legal Developments - January 2014

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2013 was a busy year for employment law in New Jersey. This newsletter summarizes noteworthy developments in ten key areas—social media, the Law Against Discrimination ("LAD"), whistleblowing, background checks, drug and...more

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New Jersey Becomes Latest Jurisdiction to Pass Social Media Privacy Laws for Employees

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On August 29, 2013, New Jersey became the latest jurisdiction to enact legislation which prohibits employers from requiring job candidates or current employees to provide their user names and passwords to personal social...more

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Employer Social Media Policies – Interview with Mitch Danzig, Member, Member, Mintz Levin

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Mitch Danzig, Member of Mintz Levin's Employment, Labor & Benefits Practice, discusses the importance of having a social media policy that is structured in accordance with the recent NLRB rulings. ...more

Morgan Lewis

New Jersey Adds New Employee-Protection Laws

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New bills signed by Governor Chris Christie include important measures for employers relating to social media and pay equity, but many questions remain. On August 29, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

Don’t “friend me”: More State Law Limitations on Accessing Employee Social Media Sites

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Effective July 28, 2013, Washington became the eleventh state to have a law prohibiting employers from, among other things, asking its personnel for the user names and passwords to employee social media accounts....more

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