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August 20, 2018

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HUD Accuses Facebook of Housing Discrimination in Advertising

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has accused Facebook of housing discrimination by allowing advertisers to block their offerings from different categories of users. The HUD complaint is based on the Fair Housing Act, which it claims Facebook violated by allowing housing advertisers to use the site's filters to exclude people with different interests, including racial, et...

March 25, 2013

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At Least 31 States Eyeing Password, Social Media Protection Acts

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While Hawaii is poised to become the next state to outlaw employer requests for passwords and social media access from employees and job applicants, another 30 states have at least introduced similar legislation. When Hawaii enacts its legislation, it will join six other states that have already passed password protection laws -- California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware...

September 29, 2012

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California Becomes Fourth State to Ban Employer Password/Login Demands

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California this week joined Delaware, Illinois and Maryland in banning employers' demands for social media information from employees and job applicants. The law prohibits employers from seeking employee login information and passwords to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a practice that swept into the public consciousness this year and provoked outrage. A second California l...

October 21, 2011

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DOL Partners With Facebook to Help Job Seekers

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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis unveiled an innovative partnership via a live Web stream on Thursday (Oct. 20, 2011) that brings together the U.S. Labor Department, Facebook, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of Colleges and Employers. In addition, Facebook debuted a new Social Jobs Partnership page that highlights ava...

May 19, 2011

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NLRB Again Moves to Protect Fired Workers for Their Online Comments

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In a batch of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board has been moving aggressively to safeguard both "protected concerted activity" among co-workers and online commentary by employees on social media sites. Yesterday (May 18, 2011), the NLRB joined the two initiatives in a complaint filed against Hispanics United of Buffalo after the nonprofit "unlawfully discharged ...

February 9, 2011

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NLRB Settlement Seems to Protect Employee Comments Online

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The courts have yet to weigh in, but a recent settlement between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a Connecticut ambulance company may mean more freedom of speech—or at least retaliatory protection—for employees who post comments about their companies online. The incident has several angles to it, only one of which relates to the Internet, which the plaintiff claimed led...

November 24, 2009

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GINA May Bar Employers from Social Media Access

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Though the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has already taken effect, the law's regulations are still in a state of flux at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and have yet to be finalized. One of the contentious issues that is being weighed internally and through public commentary is the right, or lack thereof, of employers to access employees' or job applic...

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Opinion Letters on Overtime Exemptions, Bonuses, and Compensable Time

On May 29th, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released several new opinion letters addressing key wage & hour issues. Specifically, one of the four documents informed readers whether an exempt employee could perform additional work in a secondary role at an hourly rate and still be eligible...

EEOC Issues New National Enforcement Plan Through 2029

On June 4th, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a new 2025-2029 National Enforcement Plan (NEP). The NEP sets the EEOC’s specific subject-matter priorities from June through fiscal year 2029.

U.S. Department of Labor Officially Restores Prior Overtime Exemption Rules

On May 14th, 2026, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has officially rescinded the 2024 overtime exemption rules. Specifically, the WHD published a technical amendment to restore previous 2019 regulations that dictated overtime exemptions for...

NLRB General Counsel Takes Action to Tackle Current Case Backlog

On May 6th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and NLRB General Counsel Crystal Stowe Carey announced the bulk transfer of thousands of labor practice cases. Specifically, this action fulfills an initiative signed by the NLRB General Counsel earlier this year. Overall, the initiative...

Privacy Agency Invites Comments from Businesses on the CCPA’s Usage of Personal Data

Recently, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a call for comments on the current state of personal data collection under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Specifically, the invitation to deliver remarks was issued on April 20th, 2026. The information provided by the...

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