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[...]
New Year Bring New Guidance from NLRB on Employees and Social Media
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 By Brian Wassom
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: employment, facebook, Lafe Solomon, NLRB, protected concerted activity, social media policies
NLRB Releases Detailed Memo Summarizing Its Social Media Cases
Friday, August 19, 2011 By Brian Wassom
Yesterday, August 18, the National Labor Relations Board released a memorandum authored by its Acting General Counsel, Lafe E. Solomon. The 24-page memo summarizes the facts and holdings in each of the social media-related cases his office has been involved in over the past year. It doesn’t identify the cases by name (although you may[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: facebook, Lafe Solomon, NLRB, twitter
Some Employees’ Online Rants Cross the Line: New Guidance From the NLRB
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 By Brian Wassom
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
Employee Rights and Social Media – A Summary of NLRB Enforcement Activity
Monday, June 6, 2011 By Brian Wassom
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
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