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National Labor Relations Board issues a series of decisions related to social media, witness statements and the ability of unionized employers to discipline employees in the absence of a contract

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • December 26 2012

The National Labor Relations Board issued three important decisions recently that affect how employers manage their employee's speech in social media, the

National Labor Relations Board issues first Facebook firing decision

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • October 2 2012

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is on a roll

NLRB issues guidance to human resources professionals and others on social media policies and activity

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2011

In the past few months, we have alerted you to the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) increased focus on employees' right to use social media to comment on and discuss their working conditions

NLRB division of advice: inappropriate and offensive Twitter postings not pertaining to employment conditions are not protected by NLRA

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • May 16 2011

On May 10, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board's Division of Advice released an Advice Memorandum (Memo) instructing one of its regional offices to dismiss an unfair labor practice charge filed by an employee who was terminated for posting offensive statements on a work-related Twitter account

Labor & employment - NLRB continues its social media crusade by challenging employer's Twitter policy

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • April 11 2011

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to blaze new trails in an attempt to enforce its position that employees are entitled under federal labor law to discuss their working conditions, even critically, on social media

Employer ID cards might violate employees' privacy rights

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • March 7 2011

On February 22, 2011, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of employees of The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., seeking damages in excess of $5,000,000 for alleged violations of, among other things, California's identity theft law (California Civil Code 1798.85

NLRB settles Facebook firing case

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • February 8 2011

In an Alert we issued on November 4, 2010, we informed you of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB or Board) decision to prosecute an employer, American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. (AMR), because AMR allegedly discharged an employee after the employee posted a "negative remark" about her boss on Facebook using her home computer