{"id":260,"date":"2006-08-28T07:52:20","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T12:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=260"},"modified":"2006-08-28T07:52:34","modified_gmt":"2006-08-28T12:52:34","slug":"crackberry-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/crackberry-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"CrackBerry Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unbelievable. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,210375,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">This seems like it must be a joke<\/a>, but I doubt it. Here is the gist of the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But instead of increased efficiency, lawsuits against employers who supply workers with gadgets are &#8220;very possible,&#8221; she says. <\/p>\n<p>Addiction to technology blamed by critics on the seeming ubiquity of portable e-mail devices, smartphones, cellphones and laptops, coupled with long working hours is hardly a new phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>But Porter argues litigation could be the next step, as employees seek redress for technology dependence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unbelievable. This seems like it must be a joke, but I doubt it. Here is the gist of the article: But instead of increased efficiency, lawsuits against employers who supply workers with gadgets are &#8220;very possible,&#8221; she says. Addiction to technology blamed by critics on the seeming ubiquity of portable e-mail devices, smartphones, cellphones and laptops, coupled with long working hours is hardly a new phenomenon. But Porter argues litigation could be the next step, as employees seek redress for technology dependence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-4c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":491,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/youtube-resumes\/","url_meta":{"origin":260,"position":0},"title":"YouTube Resumes","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 8, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Posting Your Resume on YouTube To Stand Out From the Competition. 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