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Posted on Oct 25, 2019 on News, NLRB, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Rules for social media policies have long made employers feel like they are walking on egg shells. Thankfully, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently provided some clarity in the CVS Health Case, No. 31-CA-210099. …
Posted on Dec 30, 2014 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, NLRB, Privacy Rights, Published Articles, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
Over the last several years, we have been bombarded with cases from the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) featuring employees bashing their employers on social media where the Board determined the speech was protected under …
Posted on Oct 30, 2014 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody
Although cases involving the legality of firing employees based on social media under labor law have become commonplace, government employers should also consider the Constitution when taking such disciplinary action. Recently, the Fourth Circuit held …
Posted on Sep 30, 2014 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, Privacy Rights, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman
The social media privacy trend on which we have previously reported continues. Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Rhode Island became the latest states to restrict employers’ ability to check the social media profiles of their employees and …
Posted on Jul 18, 2014 on Legal Updates, News, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
On the heels of Wisconsin, Tennessee has become the fourteenth state to enact a “social media password law” – a law restricting employers’ right to request or require employees or applicants to disclose passwords to …
Posted on Sep 24, 2013 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Social Media Policies, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
Lately, Facebook firing cases have been on the rise as disgruntled employees take to social media, complain about work, and then get fired when management sees the post. Two recent cases help further define the …
Posted on May 30, 2013 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Social Media Policies, Wage and Hour, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 provides a cash infusion to three federal agencies that are a thorn in the side of many employers: the Department of Labor (“DOL”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
Posted on May 30, 2013 on Discrimination and Harassment, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Social Media Policies, Tips of the Month, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
Employee handbooks are a great tool for management. A good handbook can help ensure consistent application of rules, save time by making policy decisions that don’t need to be reinvented every time the issue arises, …
Posted on Mar 19, 2013 on Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Social Media Policies by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) continues to focus on policies restricting employee behavior relating to an employer’s image and reputation. The Board issued an Advice Memorandum on February 28, 2013, stating that Boeing’s 43-page …
Posted on Feb 20, 2013 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Social Media Policies, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit just ruled that three appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made by President Obama on January 4, 2012, were unconstitutional. At the time the …