Prior to the advent of social media, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. However, those bygone times have been replaced by a modern...more
6/14/2021
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
American Airlines ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Race Relations ,
Social Media ,
United Airlines
Mandatory vaccination policies have long been common in the health care field with respect to illnesses like measles and the flu, but have not been implemented on a wide spread basis. To date, courts have generally found such...more
1/22/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
Prior to the advent of social media, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. Those bygone times, however, have been replaced by a...more
Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. ...more
9/13/2019
/ Anonymity ,
Damages ,
Disparagement ,
Embedded Tweets ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Facebook ,
Filing Grievances ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Online Reviews ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Retaliation ,
Risk Management ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Social Media ,
Social Media Policy ,
Social Networks ,
Southwest Airlines ,
Wrongful Termination
Last month Michigan became the 10th state to approve the legal, recreational use of marijuana. With the addition of Michigan, nearly 80 million Americans (approximately 25% of the US population) live in areas with...more