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Social media presents an unprecedented way for people to share information. Posts are instant, and discussions on hot topics can be started. But with it comes the possibility of having posts that negatively affect businesses, as can happen when the posts expose bad business practices. Or it can happen when employees share complaints about poor work conditions, putting the company in bad light.<\/p>\n
Seeing the effects that bad use of social media by their employees may have on business, some companies may have rules to curb it. Rules and regulations may involve not allowing employees to use social media during working hours.<\/p>\n
Or the company may control what workers post on social media to ensure it conforms with company rules and is unlikely to hurt the business’s image. But companies need to be cautious when imposing the rules, lest they put the business in trouble, in case an employee decides to sue the company over such.<\/p>\n
The answer is, yes, it is possible. A majority of states have the ‘at-will’ employment. It means that the employer and employee have equal rights to terminate an employment contract at will. This law gives an employer powers to lawfully terminate an employee’s’ contract based on a post they made on a social media platform. But other laws may still apply which may make such a termination illegal.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n A termination based on ‘ at-will’ employment laws may be challenged if: <\/u><\/p>\n The legality of a termination an employer made on the basis of a media post would depend on various factors; the local laws of the state of California, the clauses contained in the employment contract, and the nature of the post. To decide to challenge the termination or not, the affected employee would need the advice of a lawyer. The lawyer would interpret for them the protection the law offers them, and what laws their employer violated by firing them.<\/p>\n Photo Credit: Shutterstock\/Chinnapong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Photo Credit: Lenka Horavova\/Shutterstock.com Social media presents an unprecedented way for people to share information. Posts are instant, and discussions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[884,451,885,175,177,99],"class_list":["post-2490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-media","tag-at-will","tag-firing","tag-legal-redress","tag-nlrb","tag-social-media","tag-termination"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat laws may prohibit termination over a social media post? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Seeking legal redress in case of termination over a social media post? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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