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Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

Can You Get Fired For Social Media Posts?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

Money News Network

Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In a word: yes. We're seeing it play out right now. Multiple high-profile people have lost their jobs after making insensitive comments about Israel on social media. The internet wants to know: is that legal?! On Nicole's other podcast, Help Wanted, her and her cohost call up lawyer and workplace legal expert Peter Rahbar to help us understand our rights as employees... and employers. Never miss an episode and subscribe to Help Wanted here: https://link.chtbl.com/85RcT5bT

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Nichole Lapin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand.

0:07.0

It's time for some money rehab.

0:15.0

In the wake of the attacks on Israel, we've seen people fired from all sorts of industries

0:19.2

for offensive commentary, a law student at NYU, an airline pilot in Canada, a basketball

0:25.3

writer in Philly, and a playboy contributor.

0:28.2

We did an episode on the legality of these firings on Help Wanted, M&N's career podcast,

0:33.3

that I co-host with Jason Pfeiffer, the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine.

0:37.5

And because this is a question I've been getting from some money rehabbers, I wanted to

0:41.3

share this episode and these resources with you now.

0:51.6

This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you.

0:55.8

I'm Jason Pfeiffer, Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, and I'm Money Expert Nicole Lapin.

1:00.6

On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the help line and help callers solve their work problems.

1:05.2

And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

1:10.6

And it starts now.

1:13.4

So Jason, last week, we called the help line on behalf of the entire internet to talk about

1:19.2

the pros and cons of expressing opinions on world events on social media.

1:23.2

And then we've seen a lot of people get fired from their jobs for expressing their opinions

1:27.0

and also employers nervous to take action against employees who may do inflammatory things

1:34.4

online or otherwise.

1:36.0

So now we want to ask the internet's new question is this legal.

1:41.7

So to help us answer that, Jason, we're talking to Peter Rebar, a workplace legal expert,

1:47.6

Peter.

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