Dealing with Unexpected Truth

Everything, especially everything at work, is on the record. It’s not just information, it’s evidence.
 

Don’t Monitor Employees on Social Media

Lose the disclaimers, drivel and drama. Social media monitoring doesn’t protect your company like you think.
 

Social Media, Fear & Lawyers

Should your corporate social media policy be rewritten based on ‘results’ from a buzzworthy survey that’s based on a whopping 0.02% response rate?
 

ELBC Walks Into a Bar

Topics: Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Policies, by Heather Bussing
A lawyer, a nun, a priest, an Irishman, a minister, a Scotsman, a rabbi and a blonde walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and asks, “Is this some kind of joke?”
 

Privacy Laws & Resources

Topics: Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Policies, Privacy, by Heather Bussing
John Sumser and I are teaching Social Media and Internet Law again this semester. And we’ve been looking at privacy rights. Here are some of the resources that we are using.
 

Comply Socially

Training people about what the legal issues are and how to handle them is a much more effective way to both prevent problems and get social media to work for your company.
 

Why Policies Don’t Work

There are two main reasons to have employment policies: to educate and to manage risk. The trouble is that policies don’t do either.
 

Trash Your Noncompete Agreement

5 ways noncompete agreements can backfire against employers.
 

Termination as a Good Thing

Making an employment change is a big deal. It’s hard, even when it’s voluntary, because we have so much of our identities wrapped up in what we do.
 

The Secret to Good Contracts

Topics: Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Policies, by Heather Bussing
Contracts don’t have to be pages of incomprehensible legal mumbo-jumbo. They can be clean and simple and understandable.