The recent riots in London, were in some part, coordinated through the use of Twitter and Facebook. The speed, broad reach and accessibility of the social networking sites proved to be a dangerous tool for some individuals inciting violence. Once again, in the transatlantic employment law world, the use of social media has come under [...]
On May 24th 2011, regulations and accompanying interpretive guidance to implement the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 will come into effect in the United States. The main effect of these regulations is to broaden the definition of disability so as to move an employer’s focus from whether or not an employee is disabled [...]
At a recent cross border law conference in Toronto, I was fascinated by the presentation on the meteoric rise of social networking in the workplace. The statistics for Facebook are simply staggering – over 500 million active users, 24 million of whom are in the United States alone. The presentation prompted an interesting discussion on [...]
