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…
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Erecting a Legal Defense Through Social Media
I hope you had a very happy holiday season and New Year. Both seem to be distant memories at this point. Many of the upcoming posts in 2017 will undoubtedly address, and be impacted by, the nature of the new…
Tagged with: harassment, New York Employment Law, selfies, Social Media And Employment Law, Social Media Blog, Workplace
Posted in Opinions
Posted in Opinions
Banning Employee E-Mailing?
“Everything in moderation,” I’m always saying. Exercise, TV, French fries. Well, I tend to moderate my exercise a tad more than my French fries, but I digress. What about technology? Social media? Those who know me know that I am…
The Final Four – Do Employers Care?
Much time will be spent this week in person and online trying to make money on the NCAA tournament. There’s the blog hook for today. Online technology, and social media in particular, have made it much easier for employees to…
Beware the Facebook Settlement Disclosure
We continue to toe the line between privacy rights and social media activity. Typically, though, it’s the employee looking to protect the privacy principle. Not this time. In the context of settlement agreements in employment lawsuits, employers generally have the…
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…
It’s Still The Relationships, Stupid – 2015 Wrap Up (Part 2 of 2)
It is this time every year, as I am wrapping things up over at “social media and employment law blog” central, – and particularly in this latest political election year – that I am reminded of that election campaign more…
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…
Tagged with: Facebook, like, New York Employment Law, NLRB, Protected Concerted Activity, Social Media And Employment Law, Social Media Blog, speech, Triple Play Sports Bar
Posted in Opinions
Posted in Opinions
Tricks and Treats – Licorice, Lollipops, and Lawsuits
Have you started to stock up on the candy and other treats you plan on giving out to your dressed-up visitors? Or are you one of those who turns off all the lights and hopes that they think no one…
Tagged with: Halloween, office party, selfies, Social Media And Employment Law, Social Media Blog, WCBS 880 radio
Posted in General Social Media/Employment Law Discussion
Posted in General Social Media/Employment Law Discussion
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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