Tagged: employment law

You’re Hired…As long as you give me access to your Facebook account.

March 30, 2012 at 1:58 pm

Long ago, just calling three references was enough for an employer to make sure that you are a normal (enough) person to hire. Now, as we live our lives online through social media, employers are increasingly monitoring Facebook and other social media outlets in order to keep their employees under watch. First we began reading […]

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One Bad Apple?

January 16, 2012 at 5:11 pm

This weekend I read this article about Apple’s suppliers and some questionable labor practices.  Although I should pay closer attention to human rights, especially those of children, if I am being completely honest I often skip these articles. Too depressing, and it seems like such a big problem to fix. And it is one I […]

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