In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board has tended to protect employees’ social media activity against employers. A few weeks ago, the Second Circuit upheld a decision of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) that a business violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) when it fired an employee for his
Maine Cannot Ask Employees for Access to Social Media
Social media privacy legislation has seen a dramatic increase in interest in state legislatures recently. In 2015 alone, at least 23 states have introduced or considered measures to restrict employers’ ability to track, access, or demand social media information from employees, and since 2012, 21 states enacted such legislation – Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois,
What All Employers Can Learn from Ellen Pao’s Resignation from Reddit
You might have been following the latest news on Ellen Pao, the interim CEO of Reddit, who just resigned her position last week. Ms. Pao was also the plaintiff in a high profile sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. That lawsuit ended with a jury verdict for Kleiner,