employment

Yahoo nixing work-from-home arrangements

Yahoo nixing work-from-home arrangementsI was hoping Marisa Mayer would bring Yahoo1 into the twenty-first century. This is one piece of evidence that tips the scales very far in the opposite direction, and will probably cost Yahoo a few good employees. No, I don’t put the “!” at the end of Yahoo. …

U.S. will not challenge computer fraud case to high court

U.S. will not challenge computer fraud case to high courtThe Computer Fraud and Abuse Act prohibits, among other things, accessing a computer without authorization or in excess of authorization. Employers have been known to use it against employees where the latter has used a company database to …

Only crazy people don't use Facebook?

Only crazy people don’t use Facebook?Zoe Fox, writing at Mashable: Employers may suspect that an applicant’s absence from the social network means the account is so full of offensive material that it had to be deleted. But what if I deleted my Facebook account because my friends’ accounts …