Feds Raise Questions About Employee Social Media Rights
I’m not following how trashing your employer is a “right.” If it’s that bad, walk.
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) 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 employee over her Facebook posts, because those posts— which included profane criticisms of her supervisor and prompted responses from co-workers— formed a “discuss[ion of] the terms and conditions of their employment” protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).