This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2014. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2013. 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 “2013 Year In Review” in song, as I have done this time the past few years. 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 2013 social media concepts that I leave with you for the holidays:
The 1st social media
Reminder left for me
Beware still the N-L-R-B
The 2nd social media
Reminder left for me
Password demand laws
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 3rd social media
Reminder left for me
Catfish relations
Password demand laws
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 4th social media
Reminder left for me
Tracking wage and hours
Catfish relations
Password demand laws
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 5th social media
Reminder left for me
“Like” is free speech?
(dramatic pause)
Tracking wage and hours
Catfish
Demanding Facebook codes
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 6th social media
Reminder left for me
Cyber security
“Liking” is free speech
Tracking wage and hours
Catfish relations
Password demand laws
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 7th social media
Reminder left for me
Pictures of your logos
Hackers’ got our data
“Like” is free speech!
Tracking wage and hours
Catfish
Demanding all your codes
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 8th social media
Reminder left for me
Textual harassment
Pictures of your logos
Cyber security
“Like” is free speech
Tracking wage and hours
Catfish relations
Password demand laws
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 9th social media
Reminder left for me
He called his boss a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Pictures of your logos
Data breach and privacy
“Like” is free speech?
Tracking wage and hours
Catfish
Demanding Facebook codes
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 10th social media
Reminder left for me
Policies are too vague
He can call his boss a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Pictures of your logos
BYOD
“Like” is free speech
Track their wage and hours
Catfish relations
Password demand laws
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 11th social media
Reminder left for me
Surreptitious access
Overbroad policies
He called his boss a what??
Textual harassment
Pictures of your logos
You lost your smartphone where?
“Like” is free speech
Track their wage and hours
Catfish relations
Password demand laws
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 12th social media
Reminder left for me
Manage expectations
Surreptitious access
Overbroad policies
He can call me a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Pictures of your logos
Cyber security
“Like” is free speech
Track their wage and hours
Catfish relations
Facebook demand laws
And beware still 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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