This month, Jon Vegosen discusses cases upholding criminal cases against employees who violate an employer’s computer policy, a recent Supreme Court decision involving alleged misrepresentations in an employer’s pension plan summary, the NLRA’s latest actions in response to employers’ regulation of social media, and a recent case challenging a school district’s right to discipline a [...]
This month, Jon Vegosen references some fascinating cases related to social media, smartphones and warrior training retreats.
Social Media Firing
The normally staid National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken a bold step. It has alleged that an employer, American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc., unlawfully discharged an employee following her criticism of her supervisor on her Facebook [...]
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This week, it was all over the news: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is suing a Connecticut company that terminated an employee for posting negative remarks about her supervisor on her Facebook… but the root cause of this is really an employee relations issue.
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Somewhere between faxing an offer letter and reading your CEO’s last tweet, the era of the multi-generational workforce began.
For the first time, employers are seeing four different generations work side-by-side in business – each with its own unique set of values, experiences, preferences, technological expertise and work style that bands it together.
It’s an exciting and [...]
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Yesterday, I moderated a webinar hosted by Perspectives Ltd called “Social Media ABCs (Awareness, Boundaries and Considerations) For HR” – and the information shared by our panelists was great.
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The idea was to help HR experts, managers and business leaders understand social media and its implications in the workplace. After all, [...]
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In 1982 a young school girl asked the First Lady of the United States of America what to do if someone offered her drugs. Nancy Reagan’s simple, straight-forward answer became the theme of a national campaign and a phrase that will forever be remembered: “Just Say No.”
That same year, the first issue of USA Today [...]
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When you’re interested in visiting a restaurant, seeing a movie or renting an apartment, the first thing you probably do is “Google” it. You scan the consumer reviews on Yelp, Metromix, Apartments.com or Zagat to decide which product or service to embrace with your coveted purchasing power. You understand that some reviews are too harsh [...]
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