By now, most employers are aware of a number of “Facebook Firing” cases, in which individuals who were fired for Facebook postings have been reinstated after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found the postings to have been “protected concerted activity” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). However, on May 8, 2013
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Termination for Facebook posting does not violate state invasion of privacy law.
By Maria Danaher on
Posted in NLRA, Social Networking
Recent court decisions related to employees’ online postings have centered on whether disciplinary decisions regarding those postings may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRA protects certain employee “concerted activities” aimed at discussing or improving working conditions, and precludes interference with such communications, including online messages. However, individuals also have brought other legal…
NLRB is finding ways to implement its Employee Rights Notice posting, in spite of legal challenges.
By Maria Danaher on
Posted in NLRA, Social Networking
On September 28, 2012, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) affirmed the decision of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who upheld a car dealership’s firing of a salesperson that was based on a Facebook posting. But it also found a way to include its Notice of Employee Rights poster in the…
NLRB turns its attention to the elements of an acceptable Social Media Policy.
By Maria Danaher on
Posted in NLRA, Social Networking
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects the right of employees to engage in “concerted activities” with each other for the purpose of collective bargaining or in efforts to improve working conditions and terms of employment. These concerted activities can be done in person, or by other methods of communication, including electronic…
Facebook posts might be viewed by NLRB as “concerted activity”
By Maria Danaher on
Posted in NLRA
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) restricts employers’ attempts to interfere with employees’ efforts to work together to improve the terms and conditions of their workplace and employment. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regularly has held that an employer’s actions violate Section 7 if those actions would “reasonably tend to chill…