Mikal E. Belicove

Tag: Legal

  • NLRB Slams Costco On Social Media Use Policy: What It Means For Your Business

    NLRB Slams Costco On Social Media Use Policy: What It Means For Your Business

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    A ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a case involving Costco earlier this month makes it clear that employers who want to avoid labor disputes would be well served to schedule a sit-down with their legal counsel and take a close look at their existing social media use policies. What prompts this…

  • Think It’s OK to Ask for Employees’ Facebook Logins? Think Again

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    Proponents of free speech say no employer should have the right to ask job applicants or employees for their private social utility passwords, any more than they have the right to ask to inspect personal diaries or someone’s bathroom medicine cabinet. Such demands by employers could set a precedent for personal and online privacy, a…

  • The 10 Ds of Creating a Social Media Use Policy

    The 10 Ds of Creating a Social Media Use Policy

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    There’s been no shortage of news these days about companies getting in trouble because of what they or a third-party marketers have done when taking to the socially-powered airwaves. A common theme among those who find themselves caught in the crosshairs of the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Trade Commission or even a company’s…

  • Employees’ Facebook Pages Are Private, Until They’re Not

    Employees’ Facebook Pages Are Private, Until They’re Not

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    Even businesses that have an air-tight social media policy can run afoul of the law when employees post on Facebook and other social media platforms. Last week, an appeals court in New York determined that there are limits to how much proof of employee shenanigans a business can legally gather from social media utilities such as…

  • Employees’ Facebook Posts Give Businesses Heartburn

    Employees’ Facebook Posts Give Businesses Heartburn

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    Ever since social networking took root in U.S. offices, disgruntled employees have lodged more than 100 complaints with the National Labor Relations Board claiming their bosses have stifled their online freedom of expression. What was once contained to gossip and gripes around the office water cooler has evolved into punitive postings by employees on their…

  • Labor Ruling Is a Reminder to Revisit Social Media Policies

    Labor Ruling Is a Reminder to Revisit Social Media Policies

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    Providing guidelines on how employees should refer to work on social media sites is smart. But firing staffers for what they post about your company is a big no-no. Employees who openly participate in a Facebook conversation about the terms and conditions of their employment — including defending their job performance — are protected under…

  • How To Smooth a Rejected Job Applicant’s Feathers

    How To Smooth a Rejected Job Applicant’s Feathers

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    To follow-up on my recent article about do’s and don’ts of using social media to screen new hires, when your company uses social media channels to both source and screen new talent, you must consider that your applicants can turn right around and use those same channels to your disadvantage. In other words, if you…

  • Do’s and Don’ts of Using Social Media to Screen New Hires

    Do’s and Don’ts of Using Social Media to Screen New Hires

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    Using social media to find new employees is one thing, but making a prospect fork over their Facebook credentials as part of a background check is something else entirely. More than one half of employers use social media sites to recruit potential candidates, up from just over a third in 2008, according to a June…