Remember That Post You Wrote About Me on MySpace? You're Fired.
Christie Hayes - Baker Donelson
January 25, 2010
Employee gossip about supervisors is as ancient as chatter around the water
cooler. But the dynamics of workplace gossip have gone through massive
changes since online social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook
found their way into the lives of employees with a notion to complain. In
the case of Pietrylo v. Hillstone Restaurant Group, a federal
jury in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
sent a stern message to employers regarding social networking and its
effect on the workplace. On June 16, 2009, the Pietrylo jury issued a
verdict against Hillstone Restaurant Group, the operator of a Houston's
restaurant in Hackensack, New Jersey.
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