Social Media Privacy Issues In Workplace Investigations

Law360, New York ( July 8, 2016, 11:12 AM EDT) -- Someone reports that an employee is bad-mouthing the company on social media. Or is complaining about management and company policies on social media. Or is posting racist or sexist remarks about co-workers. In these and many other situations, when conducting an investigation a company may want to examine the employee's personal social media accounts. Before doing that, companies should review the rules and restrictions that apply to avoid running afoul of state or federal privacy laws....

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