Legislation that would bar employers from demanding access to their workers’ social media accounts sailed out of an early committee Tuesday with support from both labor groups and business lobbies.
Assembly Bill 1844 would apply to both current and prospective employees. The bill’s author, Assemblywoman Nora Campos, D-San Jose, did drop language that would have relieved employers of any presumed duty to vet a prospective hire’s Facebook or Twitter accounts. In meetings with legislative staff and the author’s office, business groups expressed concern that creating a “no duty to search” provision in the Labor Code with AB 1844 might imply that employers do have that duty in other sections of the law where the issue is not specifically addressed.
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