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Welcome from HR Strategy Group
Hope everyone's summer is going well - - we've certainly had some really hot days, and now a small reprive with beautifully comfortable weather - something for everyone!
This month's newsletter is the same (something for everyone...) with a bit about Social Media Legislation Restrictions in our main article, and news about Google Glass and its HR impact in our Compensation Corner.
Enjoy your summer days, hot or cool, and we at HR Strategy Group look forward to reconnecting with you again, now or in the fall. Whenever you need assistance, we are here to help you.
Best,
 Amy Polefrone, President HR Strategy Group, LLC
410-505-8723
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Social Media Legislation Restrictions
As of June 3, 2013, there are 11 states that have enacted legislation that prohibit requesting or requiring an employee or applicant to disclose a user name or password for a personal social media account.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- Oregon
- Utah
- Vermont
- Washington
This legislative torrent has been virtually unprecedented in the area of workplace privacy. In a single season, spring 2013, seven states enacted social media password protection legislation, bringing the total number of states to the 11 mentioned above since Maryland enacted the first such law in May 2012. Bills are pending in more than 20 other states .
(The Littler / Privacy and Data Protection Group blog posted 7/2/13)
For additional information on this topic, click here, and please contact us at HR Strategy Group for guidance on how this relates to your organization.
Finally, stay tuned for next month's newsletter article by Cheryl Brown (Davis, Agnor, Rapaport, Skalny, LLC) talking about specifics relating to Social Media and HR! |
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Has Google Stumbled Upon the Future of Candidate Screening?
PayScale Blogger: E. Rodd, 07/24/13
Let's face it - we are living in a mobile world where convenience and speed tend to dictate most of our decision-making. There seems to be an app for, well , almost everything, and that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon. Not only do we have multiple apps for calling car services, or recognizing music, we have a variety of different platforms that allow us to access apps (and the information contained within) at almost any moment.
In a recent HubSpot article, tech pundit Robert Scoble describes his experience with Google Glass, and his forecast for the future of mobile technology and convenience. Scoble predicts a complete integration of transactions and mobile apps when it comes to our day-to-day lives, a world where you can search, and pay for almost anything via an app. Scoble's experience with Google Glass make him think that this reality could be closer than we think. Google Glass, while still in development stages, could theoretically incorporate all aspects of our lives into one simple device, allowing us to locate, navigate, pay, and pick-up much more quickly.
According to HubSpot, "If Scoble is right, Glass could radically change all kinds of transactions - - and could also have a profound effect on the world of marketing. Instead of having to figure out how to rank high in search results, marketers might need to game Glass and become the coffee shop or sushi place that Google sends people to. Instead of SEO (search engine optimization), maybe we'll talk about GEO - "Glass Engine Optimization."
To read more about how this may apply to Candidate Screening, click here. ____________________
For those interested,Google Glass
is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project, with the mission of producing a mass market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format, that can interact with the Internet via natural language commands.
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