Right to Tweet? Social Media & Employment Law [POLICYbrief]
Short video featuring Beth Milito
Short video featuring Beth Milito
According to the Pew Research Center, two-thirds of employees access social media while at work. As the barriers between personal and professional life are broken down through new technology, it is more important than ever before for both employers and employees to understand what the law has to say about free speech and concerted activity in the workplace.
Do employees have an unlimited ‘right to tweet’? Or are employers allowed to enforce meaningful restrictions on social media use? Beth Milito of the NFIB Small Business Legal Center explores the development of rules on social media in the workplace.
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Learn more about Beth Milito: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/3-16-16/milito_bio.cfm
Senior Executive Counsel, NFIB Small Business Legal Center
Elizabeth Milito serves as Senior Executive Counsel with the National Federation of Independent Business, a position she has held since March 2004. Ms. Milito came to NFIB from the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs where she defended the agency in employment and labor lawsuits and was responsible for training and counseling managers on fair employment and HR practices. She has an extensive background in tort, medical malpractice and employment law.
Prior to serving as an attorney at the Department of Veteran's Affairs, Ms. Milito worked as a trial attorney at Nationwide Insurance Company. At Nationwide, she completed over 100 trials to verdict. Ms. Milito was the editor of notes and comments for the Maryland Law Review at the University of Maryland School of Law where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in May of 1996. Following her education, she served as a clerk to the Honorable Alan M. Wilner on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.
Ms. Milito is responsible for managing litigation and amicus work for NFIB. She has testified before Congress, federal agencies, and state legislatures on the small business impact of labor and employment issues. She also comments and writes regularly on small business cases before federal and state courts. Ms. Milito frequently counsels businesses facing employment discrimination charges, wage and hour claims, wrongful termination lawsuits, and in most other areas of human resources law. She also provides and develops on-line and on-site training on a variety of employment law matters and is a frequent media spokesperson on employment and labor matters.