Frank Green reports: A federal judge in Richmond has ruled that the government may use emails between former Del. Phillip A. Hamilton and his wife in his upcoming bribery and extortion trial. […] Hamilton’s lawyers said the emails are not admissible because of his Fourth Amendment right to privacy and the privilege of protecting confidential…
Category: Workplace
Labor Panel to Press Reuters Over Reaction to Twitter Post
Here we go again – just replace Facebook with Twitter? Steven Greenhouse reports: In what would be the first government case against an employer involving Twitter, the National Labor Relations Board told Thomson Reuters on Wednesday that it planned to file a civil complaint accusing the company of illegally reprimanding a reporter over a public…
ACLU Responds To Maryland Division Of Corrections’ Revision Of Invasive Social Media Policy
Today, the Maryland Department of Corrections released a letter describing a revised social media policy, in response to a complaint from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland asking DOC to rescind their blanket policy demanding personal social media passwords from corrections officers and applicants as part of the employment certification process. The ACLU’s January…
Log-in demand crosses line
David Canton writes: It [sic] not unusual for employers to conduct Google searches on prospective employees or check their public social media feeds. But prospective employer’s requests for job applicants’ social media log-in IDs and passwords crosses the line. Unfortunately, some people have felt no choice but to comply given the unequal bargaining power between…