A fascinating story appeared in the Wall Street Journal today about bias in hiring when social media is used by employers.
The article reports a study conducted at Carnegie Mellon
Continue Reading New Study: Employment Discrimination May Be Fostered By Employer Facebook Review
Just a quick update on our August 27th post about New Jersey’s Facebook Privacy Bill: Governor Christie has signed into law A2878 which prohibits employers from demanding employees’ social media
Continue Reading Governor Christie Signs Facebook Privacy Bill
We recently posted about an arbitration decision that reminded employers that the Stored Communications Act could impact how employers gain access to social media accounts. (See August 19th post).
Continue Reading Employers Need to Be Careful How They Access Employees’ Facebook Accounts: Part 2
There have been an increasing number of articles and cases about employees’ misdeeds spread across Facebook or other similar social media sites. With some of the stupid things employees post
Continue Reading Employers Need to Be Careful How They Access Employees’ Facebook Accounts: Part 1
The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill (A2878/S1915) banning employers from asking applicants and employees for social media passwords or even if the person has a social media account.
Lately the legal coverage on social media is the supposedly widespread practice of employers demanding access to applicants’ and employees’ social media accounts. We blogged on May 11th about why
Continue Reading Employers, now more than ever, need social media policies
Employers in New Jersey should ignore the proposed legislation banning employers’ inquiries about employees’ Facebook and other social media at their own peril.
The bill, which NJ.Com reported passed an
Continue Reading Employers Beware: New Jersey Advances Bill that Would Prohibit Employers from Even Asking if an Employee Had a Social Media Account
We wrote on March 26th that because employers have been reported as asking job applicants for their Facebook passwords before hiring, Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
Continue Reading First State Bans Employer Facebook Password Grab? Which One Is It?
AP just reported that some employers have been asking job applicants for their Facebook passwords as a pre-requisite to hiring, a practice which has drawn immediate fire from Sens. Chuck Schumer of
Continue Reading Please Be My Facebook Friend — If You Want a Job!