Privacy in the Workplace

On January 25, 2018, Brenda Feis gave a presentation entitled “Privacy in the Workplace” at the Federal Bar Association’s Annual Employment Law Seminar.  Ms. Feis’ presentation, which focused on the myriad ways that social media impacts the workplace, addressed topics such as employers’ use of social media profiles in making employment decisions, workplace discipline based on employees’ social media activities, restricting employers from requesting employees’ social media passwords, discovery of social media information in litigation, and potential ethical violations arising out of social media contact with represented parties.