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Facebook-Privacy Laws: Update

Legislation, both state and federal, prohibiting employers from requesting an employee's or applicant's password continues to make progress. In Particular, the pending bills in California and New Jersey passed to the next level of their respective...

Published Fri, May 11 2012 10:12 AM by Margaret (Molly) DiBianca

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices, SNOPA, state legislation

Social Media as "Speech"

Is a public-sector employee engaging in "speech" for purposes of the First Amendment when he "likes" a post on Facebook? A recent decision from the Eastern District of Virginia concludes that the answer is "no." In Bland...

Published Tue, May 8 2012 4:03 PM by Margaret (Molly) DiBianca

Filed under: social media, Facebook, First amendment

Fed. Legislation, SNOPA, Would Prohibit Facebook Snooping

Employers who request an employee's or job applicant's Facebook password continue to face pushback in legislatures across the country. As I posted last week, several states have introduced bills that would prohibit this type of coerced Facebook...

Published Tue, May 1 2012 4:35 PM by Margaret (Molly) DiBianca

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices, SNOPA

New Federal Law Will Bar Employer Demands For Online Passwords

A few weeks ago, as reported here , Maryland became the first state to pass legislation that would ban employers from demanding that employees or job candidates turn over their social media passwords. Could a federal law be soon to follow? Rep. Eliot...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 5:50 PM by Eric Meyer

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices, SNOPA

More States Consider Facebook-Privacy Legislation

Maryland was the first state to pass legislation prohibiting employers from requiring an employee or applicant to turn over his or her Facebook password or log-in information for other social-networking sites. On April 19, 2012, a similar law moved forward...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 2:33 PM by Margaret (Molly) DiBianca

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices

Employers Who Demand Facebook Passwords. Oy Vey.

Employers who require job-seekers to turn over their Facebook passwords remain a mystery to me. Really, what are they thinking? As if the potential negative publicity alone is not enough of a deterrent, you'd think that employers would be aware that...

Published Tue, Apr 3 2012 4:31 PM by Margaret (Molly) DiBianca

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices

Facebook Passwords: The New Unlawful Surveillance of the Work Place

The subject of employer compelled disclosure of employee social media passwords has swept the blog and news worlds. Facebook has weighed in on the subject, and Senators Blumenthal and Schummer have asked the EEOC and the Department of Justice to investigate...

Published Tue, Apr 3 2012 3:03 PM by John Holmquist

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices

Consensus Forming on Employers Requesting Facebook Passwords

As discussed in my last post, employers requesting Facebook passwords in job interviews has generated a lot of backlash . It's a hot topic amongst employment law bloggers, and I'm starting to see some trends: Requesting passwords or logins is...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 5:09 PM by LexisNexis Community Staff

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices

Can We All Agree that Requiring Facebook Passwords Is a Bad Idea, and Move On?

A lot of ink has been recently spilled in both the popular media and the blawgosphere over the apparent trend of employers requiring job applicants to turn over their Facebook passwords as part of the hiring process. The coverage has been so thick and...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 10:31 AM by Jon Hyman

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices

Employers Requesting Facebook Passwords - The Backlash

Last week, a widely circulated Associated Press article, Employers Ask Job Seekers for Facebook Passwords , generated a ton of controversy. The article includes stories of job interviewers requesting Facebook, and other social network, usernames and passwords...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 10:01 AM by Philip Miles

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices

Relax! Businesses Don't Want Employee Facebook Passwords

But, if you think they do -- maybe you read this article last week -- then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you , sucker. Come on! The sky isn't falling. Demanding social media access from employees and potential hires and is most definitely the...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 9:25 AM by Eric Meyer

Filed under: Facebook, hiring practices

Your Employees' "Private" Facebook Posts Are Not Private

What is this? A broken record? Yesterday, I blogged about a recent NY appellate decision in which the court held that an employee who had sued her employer would have have to turn over her Facebook postings that related to the case. Today, we head south...

Published Wed, Nov 23 2011 11:33 AM by Eric Meyer

Filed under: Facebook, privacy, discovery, social networking

Are Fewer Employers Checking Facebook Before Hiring?

The Society of Human Resources (SHRM), released the results of a recent s urvey about employers' use of social-media in the hiring process . The findings may surprise some. According to SHRM's survey, there are fewer employers using social-media...

Published Mon, Sep 26 2011 2:08 AM by Margaret (Molly) DiBianca

Filed under: Facebook, social media background searches

Facebook Firings: The NLRB Does Not “Like”

Some of you may recall the story of Heather Armstrong, the first person to get "dooced" (fired for blogging about her employer). The word "dooce" originated from Ms. Anderson's personal blog. According to a recent Wikipedia search...

Published Fri, Feb 4 2011 2:18 PM by Darrell VanDeusen

Filed under: NLRB, Facebook, dooced, blogging, protected concerted activity

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Facebook-Privacy Laws: Update

Social Media as "Speech"

Fed. Legislation, SNOPA, Would Prohibit Facebook Snooping

New Federal Law Will Bar Employer Demands For Online Passwords

More States Consider Facebook-Privacy Legislation

Employers Who Demand Facebook Passwords. Oy Vey.

Facebook Passwords: The New Unlawful Surveillance of the Work Place

Consensus Forming on Employers Requesting Facebook Passwords

Can We All Agree that Requiring Facebook Passwords Is a Bad Idea, and Move On?

Employers Requesting Facebook Passwords - The Backlash

Relax! Businesses Don't Want Employee Facebook Passwords

Your Employees' "Private" Facebook Posts Are Not Private

Are Fewer Employers Checking Facebook Before Hiring?

Facebook Firings: The NLRB Does Not “Like”