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Social media has exploded over the past decade and is quickly becoming a workplace issue. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are no doubt the most prominent of the social media outlets. Although they provide a great opportunity to collaborate, network, and share information, these sites are also rife with misinformation, or worse, downright lies.
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Privacy issues have become a prevailing part of society today, from Google to Facebook to cameras that are everywhere and seem to monitor a person’s every move. Some consider it Orwellian, while others regard the explosion of social media as a form of free-spirited expression. It’s paradoxical to some degree. Yet for employers, less concerned with personal practices than professional policies, it can be downright confusing. The question confounding business owners is: can I or can’t I check an employee’s text messages or email account without getting in trouble?
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Restrictive covenants have always been a useful and legitimate means of protecting businesses in various professions from unfair competition, especially from departing employees or management who’ve had access and introduction to clients, patients or customers. Such restrictions are especially important for healthcare providers whose personal connections with patients form the basis for a continued relationship.
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Recent legislation prohibits mandatory arbitration of employment disputes for defense contractors. The new law may well reflect a trend destined to spread to other businesses.
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According to a recent Associated Press story citing statistics from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the percentage of sexual harassment claims filed by men from 1990 to 2009 doubled from 8 percent to 16 percent of all claims...
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