Can my employer ask me not to be friends with past employees on social media?
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Can my employer ask me not to be friends with past employees on social media?
We received an email at work asking us to unfriend terminated employees on all
social media and if we have had any contact with them and not report it to HR
we will be terminated.
Asked on November 2, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Most employment is known as "at will". This means this that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit, including prohibiting contact with former workers of the company on social media. Further, a business can terminate employees for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice. The foregoing holds true absent an employment contract or union agreement to the contrary.
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