Did you think that 2017 would end quietly in the labor/employment world? As you all continue to wind down another year, the NLRB has spent the month of December issuing some stunning decisions that reverse Obama administration precedent and that…
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Breaking NLRB Update – New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode
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Posted in General Social Media/Employment Law Discussion
Posted in General Social Media/Employment Law Discussion
New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode
A brand new podcast episode of “Employment Law Now” has just been released. Today, we turn the tables a bit with you getting to hear an interview of me. I recently was interviewed on SiriusXM Channel 111, The Business Channel, and discussed employee…
New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode Released
A new episode of my “Employment Law Now” podcast has just been released. Today’s episode is about policies, policies, policies: employees engaging in political activity outside the workplace, disclosure of customer information, FMLA retaliation, and maximum leave entitlement. I also…
New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode Released!
Were you hoping to be able to listen to some employment law over the weekend? A new episode of my “Employment Law Now” podcast has just been released. In today’s episode, I provide an update on the new chair of…
Special New Podcast Episode Released – Employment Law Now
A very special episode of my “Employment Law Now” podcast has just been released. In today’s episode, I sit down for a one-on-one interview with NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin to get his thoughts on, among other things, the perception…
New “Employment Law Now” Podcast Episode Released – Taking the Show on the Road
A brand new episode of my “Employment Law Now” podcast has just been released! In this week’s episode, I provide an update on several issues from DC, and discuss significant developments in the areas of punctuation and overtime claims, social…
What Clinton, Um, Trump Means For Social Media and Employment Law
This was supposed to be posted last Wednesday morning. All kinds of great insight into what a(nother) Clinton White House would mean for social media and employment law. Then came the required post-election cut and paste. Well, really the cut.…
Won’t You Please, Please Yelp Me?
Yelp, I need somebody Yelp, not just anybody Yelp, you know I need someone Yelp! My apologies to the Beatles. But the notion that one can’t do it alone and expect to be protected, may just be an apt moral…
Poetic Justice – 2015 Wrap Up (Part 1 of 2)
This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2016. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2015. Rather than simply give you…
Like It Or Not, Your Employees Can Like It
It gets boring to blog just about the NLRB. We need some judicial action to get the juices flowing a little more. We got a little something last week. Question: Is merely clicking the “like” button on Facebook tantamount to…
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Posted in Opinions
Social Media Employment Law Blog is devoted to the interplay between social media and employment law, an extremely topical and significant area of law for employers in this new technology era. Published and edited by Michael Schmidt, Vice Chair of the Labor & Employment Department, Mike concentrates in representing management in all facets of employment law and has been frequently quoted on employment law topics, and is regularly interviewed by trade publications and national journals for his opinions on legal trends.
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