A woman in Denver, Colorado is scheduled to start her new job on Monday, which was actually her old job after recently taking a higher-paying job and then getting fired from it.
Why? For posting TikTok videos about her salary.
Last month, Lexi Larson posted on her TikTok account about how she got a new job in the tech industry that raised her income from $70,000 to $90,000. The video received 168,000 views. For the next two weeks, she posted more videos about how she got that job.
Larson said soon after her employer discovered her TikTok account, she removed some videos fearing her bosses might get angry.
In a later video, Larson said she was fired for her posts.
"So, TikTok got me fired," said Larson, who goes into detail about knowing that talking about her salary is federally protected by law under the National Labor Relations Act and why she took down some videos.
"...they ended up firing me because they said me having this account was a safety concern because I could post something private," Larson said.
Larson, who did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment, didn't name her former employer and also chose not to pursue legal action. But her dismissal raises questions about what you can say or not about your job on social media.
No, according to the National Labor Relations Act. Employees have the right to communicate with fellow employees and others about their wages. It's also unlawful for employers...
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