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Category Archives: Technology

WANT TO BE A WAGE AND HOUR PLAINTIFF? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT

By Thomas S. Kleeh | Published: July 18, 2011
This little corner of cyberspace has devoted ample screen acreage to the impact smartphones and other mobile communication and media devices have on the workplace.  The proliferation of those handy pieces of technology requires it and demands employers’ attention as well.  Just last week, Apple announced its App Store surpassed 15 billion downloads to its [...]
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TO TWEET OR NOT TO TWEET: AN OPINIONATED AND ONLINE EMPLOYEE’S DILEMMA (AND AN HR HEADACHE)

By Thomas S. Kleeh | Published: April 19, 2011
The far reaching impacts of social media on the workplace have garnered significant attention from this blog – and rightly so.  The constant appearance of employee use of Facebook and Twitter on the newswire demands that attention.  And we’re not just talking about employees in low profile, private-sector positions here either, folks.
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WHEN IN NEED OF PRIVACY, LOOK TO YOUR LAWYER

By J. A. Curia III | Published: August 3, 2010
A little over a month ago in this space, we wrote about the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Quon v. City of Ontario, in which the nation’s highest Court upheld an employer’s right to examine personal messages an employee sent on an employer-issued pager.
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PERSONAL TEXTING ON EMPLOYER-OWNED DEVICES MAY BE AYOR “AT YOUR OWN RISK”

By Vanessa L. Goddard | Published: June 22, 2010
The long-anticipated cage match between technology and the law took place last week, and Round One went to employers. While it wasn’t a full and complete KO, employers at least received some guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court in City of Ontario, California v. Quon as it relates to an employee’s use of and privacy in [...]
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF DRAFTING A SOCIAL NETWORKING POLICY

By Vanessa L. Goddard | Published: March 26, 2010
You’ve probably heard this “fact”: if Facebook was a country, it would be the fourth largest country in the world! Web 2.0 has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, including the workplace. As a result, most lawsuits in which employers become mired are fraught with electronic data issues. To guard against a wide range of [...]
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