Walmart represents many things to many people. For Lafe E. Solomon, Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, it represents the perfect social media policy. On May 30, 2012, the NLRB released the third of Solomon’s reports on social media and federal labor relations law (read about the first two here and here).[...]
For Your Social Media Policy, NLRB Says: Think Walmart
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: employment, labor, Lafe E. Solomon, NLRB, protected concerted activity, social media policies, Walmart
New Year Bring New Guidance from NLRB on Employees and Social Media
The National Labor Relations Board is at it again. In August 2011, its Acting General Counsel, Lafe E. Solomon, issued a report summarizing several of its then-pending enforcement actions dealing with social media. These are disputes in which an employee was disciplined or terminated for something he or she posted online. In many of these[...]
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This Week in Augmented Reality
Don’t follow me on Twitter? Then you’re missing out on my daily links to new and interesting developments in the world of AR. And since Twitter’s recent redesign now makes it easier than ever to embed tweets directly into blog pages, I now bring you this summary of the news that I’ve shared this week:[...]
Filed Under: Augmented Reality Tagged With: employment, Gene Becker, Islam, junaio, Metaio, Point & Know, religion, Trak Lord, twitter
Some Employees’ Online Rants Cross the Line: New Guidance From the NLRB
As I’ve previously discussed, the National Labor Relations Board has taken the stance in several recent cases that employees’ griping about their employers in social media sites was “concerted activity” protected by federal labor laws. Many people have felt that those cases set a disturbing precedent and overly restricted employers’ ability to protect their reputations[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: concerted activity, confidentiality, employment, facebook, JT's Porch Saloon & Eatery, Martin House, NLRB, profanity, Wal-Mart, Wuck Falmart
LinkedIn and Litigation
It’s relatively hard to find lawsuits featuring evidence from LinkedIn. By contrast, cases in which (often salacious or embarrassing) Facebook or MySpace posts become the key evidence are getting to be a dime a dozen. That’s just a function of the types of content being shared on these sites. By and large, you won’t find[...]
Legal Lessons Learned from the Corporate Social Media Summit
Earlier this week I had the great pleasure of attending the Corporate Social Media Summit in New York City, put on by Useful Social Media. It was a fantastic event populated by the people in charge of social media for some of the world’s biggest and most influential companies, in industries across the spectrum. [...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Best Buy, Cisco, Citi, Coca-Cola, CSM, employment, facebook, Kodak, New York Life Insurance, social media policies, Southwest Airlines, twitter, Union Pacific, Useful Social Media
Employee Rights and Social Media – A Summary of NLRB Enforcement Activity
When can an employer go too far in punishing employees for their statements in social media? The National Labor Relations Board caused a stir in October 2010 by filing its first enforcement action related to social media. Specifically, the Board alleged that American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. violated federal labor law by terminating an[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: American Medical Response, AMR, Anchorman, Arizona Star, Build.com, employment, facebook, Hispanics United, Knauz BMW, labor law, NLRB, Ron Burgundy, social media policies, Thomson Reuters, Tucson, twitter, workplace
Roundup of Recent Social Media Sackings
Almost every day brings a new example of something you can do online to get yourself fired. They serve as continuing reminders that the subtle seduction of social media can turn one unwise comment into a career-terminating event. Here are a few recent examples: Brown v. Montgomery County, 2011 US Dist Lexis 35811 (E.D. Pa.[...]
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