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Nathan Lustig A labor board just ruled that employees have the right to discuss their employers/bosses on Facebook and other social networks. The board ruled that it's illegal to restrict employees from talking to each other about their bosses and ruled that Facebook was similar to talking around the water cooler. Thoughts? http://ow.ly/372Ce

80 weeks ago from Internet Privacy Talk

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Lance Haun: @Raquel Protected activity is protected activity regardless of where it takes place. Discussions about workplace issues have happened in ...More@Raquel Protected activity is protected activity regardless of where it takes place. Discussions about workplace issues have happened in households, restaurants, churches, bars, fraternal clubs and community centers since the first initial unionization drives in the early 20th century. Working conditions, unionization efforts and labor disputes have been well publicized in newspapers, TV and internet reports. All of that with worker protection.

So why would social media be any different? If the dispute got out via newspaper about the dispute, the worker would still be protected.
80 weeks ago

Kim Luu: I agree that Facebook is like the water cooler. If you talk around the water cooler and blow off with trusted friends (i.e. very controlled ...MoreI agree that Facebook is like the water cooler. If you talk around the water cooler and blow off with trusted friends (i.e. very controlled Facebook friends list), you likely won't get into trouble but your friends could always tell on you.

If you stand around the water cooler and mouth off to anyone who is there and they go to your boss about it, it's a valid complaint against you. One Facebook firing was based on the employee having the boss as a Facebook friend and denigrated him and the company publicly. That's like my employee coming to me and say I hate working here and for you. I saw the Facebook comments she did, it was inappropriate no matter where it was said. The employer was completely justified to fire her to protect their customers.
80 weeks ago

Lance Haun How well do you know your recruiting process? Dr. Sullivan had an interesting post this week about identifying failure points in recruiting (http://www.ere.net/2010/05/10/the-steps-of-the-recruiting-process-%E2%80...) and I am wondering how many of you keep a close track on your process? I know I certainly did not initially and spent a lot of wasted time fleshing out our process later.

106 weeks ago from ERE on Brazen, Corporate Talent Acquisition, Recruiters Unite! and Human Resources 2 more

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Josh Allan Dykstra: I certainly don't mean to imply that we shouldn't create processes or steps; I just think most of our systems are completely out-of-control ...MoreI certainly don't mean to imply that we shouldn't create processes or steps; I just think most of our systems are completely out-of-control complex. I'm encouraging leaders to take a hard look at the structures we tend to blindly follow (not that anyone here is doing that, but it's happening in many places) and instead try to peel back a layer. To look "under the hood" and ask: are our systems actually getting us the results we want?
106 weeks ago

Tony Deblauwe: Over process and having the tools run the system. That is the #1 failure over knowing your talent, having a workforce plan, and communicating a ...MoreOver process and having the tools run the system. That is the #1 failure over knowing your talent, having a workforce plan, and communicating a solid brand and work environment people want to work for.
101 weeks ago

Lance Haun There are a lot of problems with this list that many have mentioned but this line from the methodology made me die a little on the inside: "We partnered with Payscale because they're experts at enabling companies to create the kind of workplace people like to be in." Payscale is no such thing. They may be a sponsor and that might be their rhetoric but they help companies pay above market wages to employees. That's it. They offer no help outside of that function.

127 weeks ago from Brazen Careerist's Top 50 Gen-Y Companies

Lance Haun You could talk about... well... you know...

128 weeks ago from Talent Revolution

Rebecca Thorman Revising my question: if someone wrote a post about my company and gets 70k/mo in visitors, how can I tell how many people really saw it?

143 weeks ago from Social Media Marketers

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