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Workplace BlackBerry Use May Spur Lawsuits

Posted by samzenpus on from the I've-worked-80-hours-this-week dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From an article on cnbc.com: 'As employers hand out electronic devices to their employees at a greater pace, there are growing concerns that workers eligible for overtime pay, known as non-exempt employees, could begin suing their employers for overtime hours earned while tapping on their devices during after-work hours. As a result, lawyers are advising their corporate clients to update their policies and handbooks related to BlackBerry use and reconsider who gets a device.'"

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  1. AT&T + NSA can help! by chrisjbuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Surely the NSA could verify that it was all non-work related "tapping"? And isn't "tapping" slang for "laying some pipe" which is slang for "rooting" which is slang for...

  2. Re:Obviously given to the wrong employees by thrashee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bump the parent up! I totally agree.