This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2013. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2012. Rather than simply give you links to all of the stimulating blog entries from the year that has passed (I’m confident you know how to search archives on this blog), I thought I would instead do the “2012 Year In Review” in song, as I did this time last year. So, if you know the tune to “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, please close your office door and sing along to this reminder of the many 2012 social media concepts that I leave with you for the holidays:
The 1st social media
Reminder left for me
Beware of the N-L-R-B
The 2nd social media
Reminder left for me
An older workforce blogging
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 3rd social media
Reminder left for me
FTC endorsements
Older workers blogging
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 4th social media
Reminder left for me
Tracking wage and hours
FTC endorsements
Older workers blogging
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 5th social media
Reminder left for me
Protected, concerted deeds!
(dramatic pause)
Tracking wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 6th social media
Reminder left for me
Liberal discovery
Protected, concerted deeds!
Tracking wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 7th social media
Reminder left for me
Still Privacy’s important
Liberal discovery
Protected, concerted deeds!
Tracking wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 8th social media
Reminder left for me
Textual harassment
Privacy’s important
Liberal discovery
Protected, concerted deeds!
Tracking wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 9th social media
Reminder left for me
He called his boss a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Privacy’s important
Liberal discovery
Protected, concerted deeds!
Tracking wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 10th social media
Reminder left for me
Too much information
He can call his boss a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Privacy’s still out there
Courts allow discovery
Protected, concerted deeds!
Track their wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 11th social media
Reminder left for me
Religious accommodation
Too much information
He called his boss a what??
Textual harassment
Privacy’s still out there
Courts allow discovery
Protected, concerted deeds!
Track their wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 12th social media
Reminder left for me
Manage expectations
Religious accommodation
But too much information
He can call me a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Still some rights to privacy
Courts allow discovery
Protected, concerted deeds!
Track their wage and hours
FTC
Older workers post
And beware of the N-L-R-B!
Michael C. Schmidt is the vice chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Department, and the office managing partner, vice chair, of the New York Midtown office, where he is resident. For more than two decades, Mike has concentrated his practice on representing companies and management in all facets of employment law, such as: (i) defense in litigation involving wage and hour (overtime and unpaid compensation), discrimination, harassment, retaliation and whistle-blowing, non-competes and trade secrets, and disability and other leave-related issues; (ii) day-to-day counseling and in-house training on issues from hiring to firing, and other questions unique to his client’s industries and business; and (iii) drafting and reviewing employment agreements, termination and severance agreements, confidentiality and non-competes, and employment policies and manuals.
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