This blog post was cross-posted from Seyfarth’s Employment Law Lookout blog.

In the case of Okonowsky v. Garland, 23-55404.pdf (law360news.com), the Ninth Circuit considered a claim that social media posts made by a co-worker on a personal account constitute actionable workplace harassment under Title VII.  The appeals court firmly “reject[ed] the notion that only conduct that occurs inside the physical workplace can be actionable, especially in light of the ubiquity of social media and the ready use of it to harass and bully both inside and outside of the physical workplace.” Continue Reading Personal Does Not Mean Private: Ninth Circuit Holds Personal Social Media Posts Can Constitute Workplace Harassment