If you are unlucky enough to have to deal with an investigation in your company, one of the first tasks is to gather up all the evidence while it is still available, so that the investigator can review it. Some evidence is obvious: papers and letters, a weapon, clothing. Digital … Read More
Like so much about social media, using it to screen candidates is an area in flux. It seems like a good way to learn more about a candidate, but it is easy to learn too much. What you learn may not be true: you may have someone else with the … Read More
When people post to social media like Facebook or Twitter, they usually feel that they are talking to a few friends, but in fact they may be opening themselves and their employer up to potential liability. Companies may be tempted to ignore social media, but there are times when they … Read More
Social media is providing challenges to employers who are concerned about their employees’ posts about their workplace. The immediate instinct is to ban those comments, but this quickly runs afoul of the National Labor Relations Act. The NRLA applies to even non-union workplaces and protects “concerted activity” such as forming … Read More