
In
legal news, a Virginia federal court ruling is a good reminder of the risks
related to supervisors “friending” employees on social media sites. In
the case, the employer tried to defend an employee’s disability discrimination
claim on grounds that it lacked knowledge of any disability. The Virginia
court found, however, that the employee sent a Facebook message to his
supervisor revealing his diagnosis and that this was sufficient notice of the
disability. Courts have traditionally held that, once a supervisor knows
information, the company is deemed to know it as well. So, add this to
your list of the reasons to think twice about how your company wants to handle
supervisor and employee “friending” issues.
Technology and the Workplace
Beware of contacting employees through social media (HR Hero)
Overstock to Allow International Customer to Pay in Bitcoin (NY Times)
Delivery Start-Ups Are Back Like It's 1999 (NY Times)
Uber Opens Software Platform to Boost Ride Demand (WSJ)
The French Answer to Flexible Working: The Right to Privacy and To Limit Work After Business Hours (Trading Secrets Blog)
Technology and the Law
Heartbleed may be culprit in hospital chain hack (CNET)
90% of hospitals and clinics lose their patients' data (CNN)
FBI Investigating Reported Theft of 1.2 Billion Passwords by Russian Gang (NBC News)
Delaware Agrees to Let Families Inherit the Social Media Accounts of the Deceased (Yahoo)
The Feds Want Cars to Chat Instead of Just Watching Each Other (WIRED)
There's an App for That
Square Expands Its Cash Advance Service (NY Times)
Fuhu's Big Tablet Gives Kids More Screen Time Together (WSJ)
Unpakt is 'Yelp for moving companies' (CNN)
Twitter to display tweets from accounts you don't follow -- like it or not (CNET)
Mom-Made App Allows Parents to Lock Their Kids' Phones Until They Call Back (Yahoo)
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