Employers Barred From Stalking Employee’s Social Media Accounts

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 Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, and other social networking sites have been the main past time of so many people. Through these avenues, people have been expressing their thoughts. People post their daily activities, interesting finds on the net, photos, and random rants.

Social media as an effective tool for employers
In a lot of instances employers view their workers’ social media accounts as tools of better communicating with them. Such tools would also help employers find out how their employees feel, including their rants about certain personalities at work and working for a certain company in general. In fact, a lot of employees have been sacked because of their ‘incriminating” posts online. Well, this may change soon.

Online accounts protection bill signed
Recently, California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two landmark laws: Senate Bill 1349 and Assembly Bill 1844. These are laws that bar employers from “demanding” the social media accounts and their login credentials. These newly-signed laws are set to protect employees from the use of their private social media accounts and their posts to remove them from their jobs.

What does this mean to you
Now you have the freedom to express your feelings on your social media accounts without the fear of being removed or being subjected to politics in the office. This gives an employee peace of mind when using their social networking accounts and lessens the worries one thinks about when using his social networking account.

Problems with the new laws
These may seem to be good laws since it is just plain ridiculous to force people to divulge their social media content to their employers. However the same are nothing but blunt tools that does not solve all of the problems about employees’ privacy. However, there are certain parties that claim to have seen flaws with these laws. First, the definition of “personal accounts” in these laws is said to be a bit flawed. This confusion may leave an employer what exactly is an employee’s personal account.

If your employer has been forcing you to give your log in credentials, invoke your right under these new laws. Ask a Los Angeles employment lawyer on how you can defend yourself and your privacy under this new law. A Los Angeles attorney can better interpret this new law so to be sure that you can better defend yourself and fight for your rights under this new legislation.

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Harassed and Wrongfully Terminated Employees Score Victory Against Former Employees

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Every day at work is a great challenge for anybody. It is the responsibility of the employer to make sure that their employees are working in an environment that is conducive for working: A workplace that encourages them to work harder and aim for success. The United States, has all of the laws needed to make sure that employees are protected from any form of harassment, abuse, and discrimination. However, there are still a few instances of such in these modern times.

Employees of a petroleum and gas industry equipment provider recently have scored a victory against their employers. These workers have been subjected to racial harassment. After they have filed a complaint in the management of the company, they were treated bad and retaliated by their bosses. They assigned the workers to do menial tasks, not the ones included in their job description. The company reduced their wages and eventually terminated from them from their jobs.

Fighting for what is right
The workers, have approached the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and filed a complaint. After an intense legal battle, the employees won their complaint and are set to receive more than $150,000 in lost wages and damages. Race discrimination and retaliation is a clear violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you have been a victim of workplace discrimination based on one’s sex, religion, color, age, and/or race, one should immediately seek legal remedies by filing the right complaint in the proper agencies.


Los Angeles wrongful termination lawyers reminded people that coming forward and fighting for their rights is the only way that harassment, abuse, discrimination, and retaliation could be stopped. These lawyers recommended the hiring of Los Angeles attorneys as they know the many labor and employment laws and regulations in the state. These lawyers will be the best people to approach regarding legal matters in California. In the end, the fight against race and other forms of discrimination, harassment, abuse, and retaliation can only be won if the workers are aware of their rights and come forward to fight the oppression that they are experiencing.

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