This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2017. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2016. 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 “2016 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 2016 social media/employment law concepts that I leave with you for the holidays. Part 2 of my year-end wrap up will come tomorrow.
The 1st social media
Reminder left for me
Who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 2nd social media
Reminder left for me
Care with office parties
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 3rd social media
Reminder left for me
Portable devices
Care with office parties
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 4th social media
Reminder left for me
Wearable technology
Portable devices
Care with office parties
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 5th social media
Reminder left for me
“Like” is free speech?
(dramatic pause)
Using Google Glass
Check iPhone
Care at party time
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 6th social media
Reminder left for me
Class action waivers
“Liking” is free speech
Wearing tech on wrists
After hours e-mails
Selfies at your parties
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 7th social media
Reminder left for me
NLRB’s still here
Class action waivers
“Like” is free speech!
Apple watch is ticking
iChat
Care at party time
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 8th social media
Reminder left for me
Signing love contracts
NLRB’s active
Arbitrate alone
“Like” is free speech
Tracking wage and hours
Responding while you’re eating
Drinking while you’re texting
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 9th social media
Reminder left for me
He called his boss a scumbag?
Love contract signings
Concerted activity
Can’t arbitrate with colleagues
“Like” is free speech?
Wearable technology
Access
Photobomb your boss
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 10th social media
Reminder left for me
Policies are too vague
He can call his boss a scumbag?
Textual harassment
Broad section 7
Waive so no class
“Like” is free speech
Wearable tech trend
Portable devices
Care at office parties
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 11th social media
Reminder left for me
Autocorrect is wrong
Overbroad policies
He called his boss a what??
Agree it’s consensual!
Protected collective
Lonely in your lawsuit?
“Like” is free speech
Fitness tracker
Catfish relations
Blackberry’s gone
And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
The 12th social media
Reminder left for me
Manage expectations
Turn off autowrong
Overbroad policies
He can call me a scumbag?
Sign the damn love contract
NLRB’s still here
Class action waiver
“Like” is free speech
Headbands see the future
Portable devices
Be careful at your parties
(All together:) And who knows with T-R-U-M-P
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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