The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Office of the General Counsel has now released a third report addressing social media issues. We previously discussed the first two reports, which primarily addressed employee terminations triggered by social media use. The Operations Management Memo focuses on cases addressing employer social media policies and provides several examples of broadly worded policy… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Social Media RSS FeedDid You Know…You Cannot Ask Applicants or Employees For Their Facebook Password
Posted in Privacy, Social MediaOn March 23, 2012 Facebook issued a statement regarding “employers or others seeking to gain inappropriate access to people’s Facebook profiles or private information.” The social media network asserted that “if you are a Facebook user, you should never have to share your password, let anyone access your account, or do anything that might jeopardize… Continue Reading
Did You Know…NLRB Released Reports on Cases Involving Social Media
Posted in Social MediaThe National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Office of the General Counsel has recently released two reports (Report of the Acting General Counsel Concerning Social Media Cases and Operations Management Memo) summarizing several cases that were before the NLRB concerning the “protected and/or concerted nature of employees’ social media postings and the lawfulness of employers’ social media policies… Continue Reading