Speak Out: Should Employers Have Access to Your Facebook During an Interview?
What are your thoughts on handing over your Facebook profile login information?
An Associated Press report this week profiled the experience of several job seekers who were asked for Facebook usernames and passwords when interviewing for prospective jobs. The article stated that in cases where companies don’t ask for passwords to the popular social media site they will take other measures, such as asking interviewees to sign into their profiles during an interview. Further, the article said people have been asked to sign non-disparagement agreements that bar them from posting negatively about their employers on social media websites like Facebook and Twitter. The practice of asking prospective employees for Facebook passwords is more common in public agencies like law enforcement or 911 dispatchers, according to the …
Locally Involved
11:22 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012
LOL - just read the link posted by the represenatative from Fairfax. Yes, age discrimination, also (important for those of us who don't look our age! :-D). Employers are well advised - as any legal counsel will tell you - don't go there. more ›