Be honest – in this Yuletide week between Christmas and New Year, it’s often not the most productive one. With the festivities of the season in full swing, … Read more
License to monitor
Recently (Most Interesting HR Stories of the Week), we brought you news that a US-based company was fined $50,000 for insisting that one of its … Read more
HRDs: Don’t let staff befriend managers (on social media anyway)
Whenever I give new joiners advice I often find myself saying the same thing: consider blocking their new co-workers on social media, or – at the very … Read more
Should HR Be on TikTok?
You’re not human if you haven’t noticed the dominant rise of the video-sharing app TikTok. It’s so popular that The Wall Street Journal reported on TikTok … Read more
Scary Things Your Employees Are Doing In The Dark
As we get ready to celebrate Halloween, it’s good to remember that the tradition we enjoy today started over a thousand years ago, with the Celtic festival … Read more
How Much Is Too Much When You Recruit On Social Media?
Just a decade ago, a job candidate’s “first impression” of a company usually happened during the first five minutes of an interview. Nowadays, LinkedIn — … Read more
Yes, You Can Fire Someone For What They Post Online
Juli Briskman was out riding her bicycle last month when she was passed on the road by Donald Trump’s motorcade. So, she showed ’em the middle finger. And, … Read more
You Can Take Action Against Employees For Their Political Activism
After white supremacists descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia, social media lit up in response. In the days that followed, several marchers were … Read more
What Will You Do When One of Your Employees Is Outed Online For Their Activism?
It should be no secret to anyone that political activity and tensions are currently high in the US. And by now, everyone in HR has heard about the Top Dog … Read more
What HR Should Do In the Wake of United’s PR Debacle
By now, most of us have seen the shocking video where United Airlines had an unwilling 69-year-old passenger dragged off of one of their airplanes. Many … Read more
Yes, You Can Ban Political Talk At Work. But Good Luck
Over the weekend, my HR buddy Heather Kinzie and I exchanged emails about employees discussing politics on social media. Serendipitously, a recent employee … Read more
Here’s How HR Should Handle the Pokemon Craze
Pokemon GO fever is sweeping the nation — and increasingly, the world. It’s a craze that is prompting all sorts of incidents by the millions of … Read more
NLRB is Protecting More Employees Making Derogatory Statements
More and more employers, union and non-union alike, are getting ensnared in efforts by the National Labor Relations Board to aggressively expand employee … Read more
Fired For Heckling — and, For Posting It on Twitter, Too
By Eric B. Meyer I was going to start the week with this story from TheLedger.com. But then, that whole HR getting sued for FMLA violations thing caught my … Read more
Can You Force an Employee to Delete Critical Tweets About the Company?
By Eric B. Meyer Folks, it’s been a crappy 2016 for Chipotle. Last year, Chipotle’s National Social Media strategist saw a series of tweets from a Chipotle … Read more
Caught Fibbing About FMLA Leave? It Might Be the Vacation Photos That Did It
By Eric B. Meyer If you take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, go on vacation, and then post your pictures on Facebook, the odds are that your … Read more
A Yelp for Help on Social Media Costs Her a Job — at Yelp
By Eric B. Meyer On Sunday, my Google Alert for “Fired AND Facebook OR Twitter” yielded several related stories that scratched my itch: “I can’t afford to … Read more
Legal Implications of Social Media in the Workplace
By Sonya Rosenberg Employees’ use of social media at work and outside of it has become a real — and important — concern for many employers. While the law … Read more
When an Employee Leaves, Who Owns Their Social Media Accounts?
By Art Lambert It is becoming increasingly common for issues to arise relating to employer vs. employee ownership of a social media account and the names, … Read more
Warning: Social Media Can Bite Your Employees When They Least Expect It
By Eric B. Meyer The list of employees who have lost their jobs because of social media mistakes, well, it’s long. I’ll get you started with incidents here … Read more