Key Issues, Developments and Strategies Affecting Your Workforce
The Office of the General Counsel for the NLRB has recently updated its memo summarizing recent social media decisions. The memo provides a reference for employers regarding the limitations on disciplining or terminating employees based on comments they make on FaceBook and other social media sites.
The first case summary in the memo is telling. …
Like most every other business and agency today, the NLRB is staying on top of social media. Today, the Board’s acting general counsel issued a summary memo describing recent Board cases dealing with employee postings on Facebook and Twitter, as well as employers’ social media policies. A copy of the summary is attached here.…
The NLRB has now settled the “Facebook” complaint that has gained great attention. See Cleveland.com Article. In NLRB v. American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc., the Board took the position that the employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it terminated an employee for making nasty statements about her supervisor on Facebook. The NLRB’s rationale…
