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It seems a feel-good, paying-forward type of gesture to give a former employee a thumbs up at LinkedIn, the popular business networking site. But corporate attorneys say it could backfire big time. Glowing comments on the site could be turned against them by employees purportedly let go for performance-related reasons, the suits say.
"It's probably only a matter of time" before an employee turns to a judge or jury, points to a LinkedIn posting and says "here's the proof" that he or she was wrongfully terminated, says management-side attorney Wayne E. Pinkstone.
The sad part is that employers might genuinely be trying to help someone downsized out of a job, or ease their own consciences about a difficult choice they had to make. Continued....
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I'm not sure that bosses need to be particularly worried about recommendations - Unless they get in the habit of connecting to employees they don't trust and giving out recommendations that aren't deserved...
I wrote about this in more length on www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com - see the post at
www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/linkedin-and-recommendations-and-lawsuits-oh-my/
steve
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Steve Tylock
The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
www.linkedin.com/in/stevetylock
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