by Josh Scharff | Sep 12, 2013 | Employment Law, Social Media
The list of states that have enacted laws prohibiting employers from accessing applicants’ and employees’ private social media sites keeps growing, and Nevada is the latest addition. This past summer, Governor Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill 181 into law. Section...
by Michael Gan | Jul 3, 2013 | Employment Law, Social Media
Social Media Protections Extended to Employees and Job Applicants in Oregon. Add Oregon to the list of states enacting laws prohibiting employers from accessing their employees’ private social media sites. The new Oregon law becomes effective January 1, 2014 and...
by Mark Gisler | Apr 23, 2013 | Employment Law, Physician Employment Issues, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Covenants forbidding competition with a physician’s former employer and restricting the solicitation of patients have become commonplace in physician employment agreements. These days, such provisions appear in all sorts of employment contracts, including those of...
by Josh Scharff | Mar 21, 2013 | Clergy Employment Issues, Unemployment
Employees laid off or terminated from a position with a religious congregation may be in for an additional unpleasant surprise – they may be legally precluded from collecting unemployment benefits. While the purpose of unemployment insurance is to provide a safety net...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Jan 23, 2013 | Employment Law, Labor Law, Social Media
A recent article by the New York Times’ Steven Greenhouse nicely lays out the current state of NLRB rulings and state laws dealing with employees’ use of social media. Cyber-Screening Protections In addition to highlighting recent NLRB reports rulings that...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Aug 2, 2012 | Employment Law, Social Media
A few weeks back, we reported on a cutting-edge Maryland law that protects employees and job applicants from having to reveal their Facebook, Twitter, or other social media passwords to employers. On August 1, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a similar bill into...
by Mark Gisler | Jul 13, 2012 | Employment Law, Physician Employment Issues
Recent economic reorganization of health care is making more physicians into employees of medical groups, managed care organizations and hospitals. For both newly graduated and established physicians, there are a wide variety of legal and other considerations when...
by Michael Gan | Jun 22, 2012 | Clergy Employment Issues, Employment Law
Over the last forty years, Reform Judaism’s seminary, the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, has ordained almost 600 women rabbis. There are currently a total of 2,000 Reform rabbis in North America. For many years, those close to matters of...
by Josh Scharff | Jun 8, 2012 | Employment Law, Labor Law, Maryland Labor Law, Social Media
The State of Maryland had a busy month of May on the forefront of labor and employment law. On May 2, Maryland became the second state to officially recognize a labor relations privilege when Governor Martin O’Malley signed Senate Bill 797 into law. On that same day,...
by Mark Gisler | May 29, 2012 | Employment Law, Negotiating
If you are in the overwhelming category of employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, then you are in essence a free agent. With the evolution of the workplace, acceleration of new technologies, and the increase in job specialization, many...
