This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2015. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2014. Rather than simply give you links to all of my 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 “2014 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 2014 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
Care with office parties
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 3rd social media
Reminder left for me
Summons served on Facebook
Care with office parties
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 4th social media
Reminder left for me
Tracking wage and hours
Summons served on Facebook
Care with office parties
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
Service
Care at party time
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 6th social media
Reminder left for me
Protecting your data
“Liking” is free speech
Tracking wage and hours
Summons served by MySpace
Selfies at your parties
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 7th social media
Reminder left for me
Religious expression
Hackers’ got our data
“Like” is free speech!
Tracking wage and hours
Service
Care at party time
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 8th social media
Reminder left for me
Textual harassment
Religious expression
Data breach is coming
“Like” is free speech
Tracking wage and hours
We’ll find you through your “friends”
Drinking while you’re typing
And beware of the N-L-R-B
The 9th social media
Reminder left for me
He called his boss a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Online religion
Data breach and privacy
“Like” is free speech?
Tracking wage and hours
Service
Photobomb your boss
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
Religious expression
BYOD
“Like” is free speech
Track their wage and hours
Service of your summons
Care at office parties
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
Collective expression
You lost your laptop where?
“Like” is free speech
Track their wage and hours
Catfish relations
In-box is good service
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
Religious expression
Cyber security
“Like” is free speech
Track their wage and hours
Service on LinkedIn
Be careful at your parties
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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