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The Wall Street Journal recently took an interesting look at a new question for employers. Should you allow employees to use their own laptops, tablets and mobile devices to do company work? It is a question without a definite answer. As consumer devices develop and advance at a rapid pace, employees who enjoy the efficiency and robust functionality of such devices at home understandably miss their benefits when forced to work with less up-to-date equipment at work. 
In a recent ruling, the California Supreme Court found that employees who do not reside in or work in California, but who travel there for business, are subject to the California Labor Code’s overtime provisions. The case, Sullivan v. Oracle, involved Oracle employees who were based in Colorado and Arizona, but who traveled to California to train customers. Oracle is a California corporation, but this fact was not the court’s basis for its finding. It was instead based on a determination that the state’s overtime regulations apply to all employment in the state, regardless of the employee’s state of residence.
Social media has become an important consideration for HR departments at companies of all sizes. At the same time that some organizations are using social media increasingly as a means of reaching external audiences and communicating with customers, others are implementing strict policies regulating the use of social media in the workplace.