Business Law- Safeguards An Employer Must Take in the Internet Investigation of Employees and Prospective Employees
The Law Firm of Pozzuolo Rodden, P.C., Philadelphia Business Law Lawyers, announces the release of the article “Safeguards An Employer Must Take in the Internet Investigation of Employees and Prospective Employees”.
Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace give employers access to non-tradional information on employees and job applicants. In fact, a January 2009 survey compiled by CareerBuilder.com showed that 45% of employers have searched for the social networking sites of job applicants during the hiring process and 35% of these employers admit that they have used the information they found in their decision not to hire a candidate.
But employers must beware. The exact same federal, state and local laws that govern an employer’s relationship with job applicants and employees apply to the access and use of social networking sites when making employment decisions.
[1] http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr519&sd=8/19/2009&ed=12/31/2009&cbRecursionCnt=3&cbsid=26ce2808344d4d66a4bc7825c673a65f-307112466-R4-4.
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