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On May 22, 2013, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed into law House Bill 2654, making Oregon the tenth state to enact a law prohibiting employers from accessing employees' private social media sites. The new law, which becomes effective January 1, 2014, makes it an unlawful employment practice for employers to compel employees or applicants for employment to provide access to their personal protected social media accounts.
Continue reading about this development in Littler's ASAP: Oregon Passes Social Media in the Workplace Law by Howard Rubin and Don Stait.
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