Butler Medical Transport had a social media policy that provided, “I will refrain from using social networking sites which could discredit Butler Medical Transport or damage its image.” After being terminated, an employee posted on Facebook that she believed her termination was unjust. A still-employed employee responded, “Sorry to hear that but if you want…

The NLRB found a fast food restaurant in Pennsylvania did not violate federal labor law when it asked a worker to delete certain Twitter postings, including one with “cheap #labor.” The Board’s ruling comes after an Administrative Law Judge found among other things, that the company violated the employee’s right to discuss wages and working…

An employee was upset that the retail store she worked at stayed opened as late as it did because the store was located in an unsafe neighborhood. After the store owner did not change the hours of operation, the disgruntled employee posted on Facebook remarks about her “immature” manager and that she would bring a…

An employee was upset that the retail store she worked at stayed opened as late as it did because the store was located in an unsafe neighborhood. After the store owner did not change the hours of operation, the disgruntled employee posted on Facebook remarks about her “immature” manager and that she would bring a…

As the title says, below is newly released guidance from the NLRB. It is not newly created. In fact, the Advice Memorandum was actually created in 2012 but just recently released to the public. Though tardy, it still provides quality insight into the Board’s decision-making process when determining whether social media policies are lawful. Requiring…

Last week I published one of my most popular blog posts: Remote Text Sender Now Liable for Distracted Driver’s Crash. Most people who read that post probably thought about employment laws – since that seems to be the thought process of most of my readers. But distracted driving also implicates other areas of law, too. …