NLRB signs off on employer social media policy as legal
It’s not news that employer social media policies are on the NLRB’s radar. What is newsworthy, though, is when the NLRB considers a social m...
WIRTW #365 (the “on the road again” edition)
By Jon Hyman
It’s been a crazy week. I gave four different seminar presentations over an eight-day span: Last Wednesday I presented a two-hour FMLA/ADA...
“Stop harassing me!” = protected conduct to support retaliation claim, says 6th Circuit
By Jon Hyman
What happens when the alleged perpetrator of sexual or other unlawful harassment is also the person to whom the victim lodges a complaint of...
A shy employee, a drug test, and the ADA meet in a bar…
By Jon Hyman
Chris Lucas suffers from paruresis (aka, shy bladder syndrome). He claimed that he could not urinate in public bathrooms, and often would ho...
Is a LinkedIn search subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act
By Jon Hyman
I’ve written a lot in the past few years about the pros and cons of companies using social media to conduct background checks on applicants ...