Online Posts Shouldn't Cost You Your Job—No Matter How Offensive, Some Lawyers Say
The rights of employees to post their views on social media is "an issue that is going to come up again and again. It needs some clarification," said attorney Frank Corrado.
June 03, 2022 at 10:27 AM
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Social MediaIn an age of intense polarization around political and social issues, courts routinely uphold the firing of private-sector employees over social media posts deemed objectionable to others.
But some think that hard-line stance is due for a change via legal or legislative means.
The latest example of a court's handling of such disputes came May 20 when a New Jersey appellate court upheld the firing of a hospital administrator who posted negative comments about the Black Lives Matter movement on Facebook.
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