That is why I believe this time it's a valid reason as all the teacher sex scandals could cause a issue if they did not investigate it and probably want to see what teacher it was doing this.
That is why I believe this time it's a valid reason as all the teacher sex scandals could cause a issue if they did not investigate it and probably want to see what teacher it was doing this.
So a teacher's entire life is open to your investigation?
You've got people firmly in the "if you're not doing anything wrong, why do you care if the government's in your business?" camp. They don't seem to understand that "wrong" is highly subjective, and is ever-changing.i really don't get the thought process behind what makes someone think this is any where near ok?
Otherwise the school could be opening themselves up to a lot bigger lawsuits if they didn't investigate something that could easily be a sign of a teacher / student relationship or at the least bad judgement on the teachers side and making sure it was nothing erotic and students were not seeing it.
Sure it sucks but if you saw a teacher your kid goes to school with posting these types of pictures you wouldn't want to find out who it was and make sure it's nothing serious especially when said pictures sounds like it was made somewhat public?
Teachers aide fired for refusing to reveal Facebook Password.
Since this person was fired, it is a bit different than the previous discussions concerning being asked for a Facebook password during a job interview.
Interesting situation. Wonder if this will actually make it to court...
Uno
Do I understand this correctly?
This lady posted a picture of a coworker with her pants pulled down to her Facebook account and shared it with her friends.
But after one of her Facebook friends complained, she won't share the photo with the administration because that would violate her privacy?
People really believe that they can post private photos online? And later claim that they are private...
Amazing!
Uno
If it involves a teacher working with kids and said teacher is posting these types of pictures and parents complain it can be.
Otherwise the school could be opening themselves up to a lot bigger lawsuits if they didn't investigate something that could easily be a sign of a teacher / student relationship or at the least bad judgement on the teachers side and making sure it was nothing erotic and students were not seeing it.
Sure it sucks but if you saw a teacher your kid goes to school with posting these types of pictures you wouldn't want to find out who it was and make sure it's nothing serious especially when said pictures sounds like it was made somewhat public?
Until opinions like this begin to change on an individual level, they're just going to perpetuate "the way it is."
You fix our broken legal system for that, not erode civil liberties even further.
I couldn't care less what the teacher does on their time. It's their time to use as they see fit, not mine.
If it involves a teacher working with kids and said teacher is posting these types of pictures and parents complain it can be.
Otherwise the school could be opening themselves up to a lot bigger lawsuits if they didn't investigate something that could easily be a sign of a teacher / student relationship or at the least bad judgement on the teachers side and making sure it was nothing erotic and students were not seeing it.
Sure it sucks but if you saw a teacher your kid goes to school with posting these types of pictures you wouldn't want to find out who it was and make sure it's nothing serious especially when said pictures sounds like it was made somewhat public?
With friends like these...
With friends like these...
Teacher's aides are generally not a part of the teacher's union. In our district, the support staff do have a union, but their union is completely independent of the teacher's union. While I can't speak for every state, I doubt that teacher's aides are part of the teacher's unions in Michigan as well. Whether or not she actually belongs to a union isn't stated in that article.
However, where are all those people who come into union threads saying "employers should be able you to fire you for anything they want", "right to work states", etc.? Cases like this indicate that it won't be long before the pendulum starts swinging back the other way toward unionization for employees to protect their rights from employers (who are beginning to have an excess of power again.) Then, the unions will be too powerful and the pendulum will swing back again.
My very broke son applied for a job at a big box tech store and he doesn't have a facebook account - they said they couldn't interview him for a job since he wouldn't give them access to his facebook information. I think he's lucky they wouldn't interview him - I wouldn't want to work for a place that stupid.
Stipulating that you have more legal experience than I do, I still have to question the assertion that showing the Facebook page while logged in is functionally equivalent to granting them the password.
In the latter case, the school official would have unfettered access to her page until such time as she was able to change the password. As a practical matter, this would, for the majority of the population, also mean that the official would have access to many of her other online accounts (the vast majority of people use the same password over and over again). This just isn't the same thing as her sitting at the keyboard while the official looks over her shoulder. If she's the one sitting at the keyboard "driving" she need not reveal the actual password, and she can log out immediately rather than trusting the school official to do so later.
I'm not sure that the distinction will be meaningful within the set of facts at hand in this case, but I can definitely see reasons for differentiating between the two actions (if only insofar as deeming a demand for the password itself as a greater offense).
ZV
If there are untoward allegations regarding a teacher/student relationship, you simply do not demand access to FB to prove such allegations.
You lay the burden of proof on the accused/suspected to defend themselves. If they are unable to prove their innocence, perhaps by remaining adamant that their FB account remain hidden from school authorities, then you fire them. Explain to them what will happen when they refuse to defend themselves against such allegations, and the repercussions of such, and fire them.
boom. done.
Though true, this does not factor into the issue. She could simply change her password to something unique (for her) and give that and you would functionally be in the same place: Her employer would be able to see her Facebook account as the logged in account holder.
I just do not see a difference between her "driving" at the employer's request and giving the password.
MotionMan
If you're on Facebook, there isn't any reasonable expectation of privacy.