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FordHarrison

EntertainHR: Tick tock, TikTok: Why Employers Should Evaluate Social Media Policies  

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TikTok is home to many viral video trends, including “day in the life” and “story time” videos. “Day in the life” videos frequently contain short, collected clips of a user’s day with music, text, or voice-overs explaining...more

Cozen O'Connor

Employment Law Now IV-65- The Great Debate Part 2: Employee Lawyer vs. Employer Lawyer

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This is Part 2 of Mike Schmidt's 2-part episode pitting employee/plaintiff-side lawyer Hope Pordy, Esq. against employer/defendant-side lawyer Jeremy Glenn, Esq. to finish debating some interesting HR topics....more

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National Labor Relations Board Blesses Employer Confidential Information Policy

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The National Labor Relations Board’s landmark Boeing Co. decision set a new legal standard for determining whether employer policies interfere with employee rights to engage in protected concerted activity under federal labor...more

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Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Snell & Wilmer

Employment Handbooks and Confidentiality

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Employers frequently ask if they can maintain rules requiring employees to keep the contents of their employment handbooks confidential. In a recent memorandum, the General Counsel (GC) (Division of Advice) of the National...more

Vedder Price

NLRB Handbook Rules Change Like the Wind Post-Boeing

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On June 6, 2018, the Office of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“the NLRB” or “the Board”) published its most recent memo concerning employer handbook policies. The memo’s guidance reflects a stark...more

Cozen O'Connor

I-13 – Policies, Policies, Policies, and Microchips Embedded in Employees

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Michael Schmidt of Cozen O'Connor addresses recent trends and noteworthy developments on certain employment policies related to political activity, confidential customer information, FMLA retaliation, and maximum leave...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

NLRB Case Explains Agency's Position on Confidential Information Policies

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Many, if not most employers maintain policies regarding disclosure by employees of confidential business information. Sometimes these policies appear in employee handbooks, and sometimes employees are required to sign...more

Williams Mullen

An Emboldened Labor Board Continues to Expand Union and Employee Protections

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With a series of significant new rules and opinions, the first three quarters of 2015 have proven to be very active for the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”). Increasingly, the Board has sought to expand the rights...more

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The NLRB Expands Its Reach in the Non-Union Workplace

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The National Labor Relations Board continues to infiltrate the workplace even where there are no unions. Standard workplace policies — including those relating to employee conduct, protecting intellectual property, use of...more

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