Virginia Employment Law BlogFor the holiday, here are some links to interesting
articles. Some of the topics have been
touched on by this blog before, and some are new. In any event, have a safe and happy holiday
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Fourth of July Link Roundup
Articles Tagged with #Facebook
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This Week’s News: Colorado protects job applicants’ credit history, House does not extend social media protections, and legislation attempts to encourage pension fund disclosures
First up this week, Colorado passed an expansive law that
prevents the use of a job applicant’s credit history in hiring or employment
decisions. The law is broad, basically applying
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Weekly Link Roundup Looks at ADA Accommodations and Social Media Privacy
Here are some links to interesting articles from this past
week, along with a little commentary.
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Thursday Links
Here are a few links to some interesting employment law
articles. I’ve also posted another link to some additional information from the
Department of Labor’s recent guidance regarding how the Family and Medical
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New NLRB Decision Protects Comments Made on Facebook
Turning again to employment law and social media, here is a
look at a recent NLRB decision that held that comments posted on Facebook are
protected to the same extent as comments made at the “water cooler.”
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FMLA Information and more analysis of Social Media and Discovery
The FMLA Insights blog has an interesting post about FMLA
leave during the holiday season. The post lays out a hypothetical scenario
where an employee requests vacation leave, has the request denied, and then
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State Laws Address Social Media Policies
As we have seen recently, the intersection of social media
policies and employment law is a growing area of discussion and litigation. The
extent to which employers have access to information employees post to social media sites is fairly controversial,
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NLRB Decision Protects Ability of Employees to Use Social Media at Work
A recent NLRB decision struck down a clause in an employer’s
social media policy that prevented employees from using social media on company
time. In the case, the employee challenged two provisions of the company’s
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Social Media Posts and Litigation Discovery
With the use of real-time social media posts becoming
ubiquitous, employees need to be increasingly aware of the possibility that
what they post on Facebook or Twitter may be discoverable in a potential
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Some Interesting Thursday News Items
With no big news items recently, I wanted to post a roundup of a
couple of interesting developments that have come out this week. One recap looks
at changes on the horizon in Mexican labor law that may help to mobilize the