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Fire or hire you on what you wrote on social media

Is it right that an employer in New Jersey can fire or hire you on what you wrote on a social media site? Well the answer might surprise you. In the state of New Jersey the answer is yes they can fire you for what you wrote on a social media site, plus the employer can take into account what you write about when looking at hiring you.

New Jersey does let the employer look at a perspective employee’s social media postings and better yet (for them) they can fire you for what you say after you are hired. If they do not like what you wrote because it conflicts with some company policy or for any other random reason that they can come up with, goodbye. Continue reading Fire or hire you on what you wrote on social media