by Girish Anand | Aug 20, 2018 | HUD
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has accused Facebook of housing discrimination by allowing advertisers to block their offerings from different categories of users. The HUD complaint is based on the Fair Housing Act, which it claims Facebook...
by Girish Anand | Mar 25, 2013 | State Labor Law
While Hawaii is poised to become the next state to outlaw employer requests for passwords and social media access from employees and job applicants, another 30 states have at least introduced similar legislation. When Hawaii enacts its legislation, it will join six...
by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2012 | NLRB
California this week joined Delaware, Illinois and Maryland in banning employers' demands for social media information from employees and job applicants. The law prohibits employers from seeking employee login information and passwords to social media sites such...
by Girish Anand | Oct 21, 2011 | DOL
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis unveiled an innovative partnership via a live Web stream on Thursday (Oct. 20, 2011) that brings together the U.S. Labor Department, Facebook, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the DirectEmployers Association and the...
by Girish Anand | May 19, 2011 | NLRB
In a batch of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board has been moving aggressively to safeguard both "protected concerted activity" among co-workers and online commentary by employees on social media sites. Yesterday (May 18, 2011), the NLRB...