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Article 1

Jacobson, W. S., & Tufts, S. H. (2013). To post or not to post: Employee rights and social media. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 33, 84–107.

Abstract:

• The proliferation of the use and forms of social media in the past five years has been extensive and governments are seeking to capture its power as a communication and engagement resource. Meanwhile, governments struggle to create appropriate, legal, and meaningful policies related to employee usage and behavior.
• Social media policies are analyzed with attention to the rights of employees. Content analysis of state government policies provides an overview of the current state of practice and highlights issues of public employee rights. The article includes a discussion of key issues of employee rights, recommendations for practice, and identifies future research needs.

Article 2

Murrmann, S. K. (1989). Employer rights, employee privacy and aids: Legal implications to hospitality industry managers. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 13, 147–157.

Abstract:

• This study looks at the employment issues of AIDS, employer rights, employee privacy rights, and how those views relate to management's opinions on the discharge of and refusal to hire AIDS victims. The results indicate a strong understanding, on the part of one hospitality management group, of the legal constraints affecting their employment rights in the areas of collective bargaining, sex, race, and religious discrimination, as well as a strong and positive correlation between such legal constraints and acknowledgment of an employee right to privacy in all areas with the exception of AIDS disclosure.
• The results suggest a continued misunderstanding of the disease and the inclination to view the AIDS victim as a threat to co-workers and the food operation itself.