By Jeffrey A. Berman and Candice T. Zee
In Triple Play Sports Bar & Grille, 361 NLRB No. 31 (2014), the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a Facebook discussion regarding an employer’s tax withholding calculations and an employee’s “like” of the discussion constituted concerted activities protected by the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”).…
By: James C. Goodfellow, Esq.
In an Advice Memorandum written in 2012 and recently released pursuant to a FOIA request, the NLRB Associate General Counsel, Division of Advice, addressed the legality of a social media policy that prohibited employees from, among other things, “us[ing] any Company logo, trademark, or graphics, which are proprietary to…
By Marc R. Jacobs, Esq.
In Design Technology Group LLC d/b/a Bettie Page Clothing, 359 NLRB No. 96 (4/19/13), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued its aggressive efforts to regulate the workplace implications of social media in non-union workplaces. In this decision, the NLRB: (a) determined that several employees had engaged in…
By Arthur Telegen.
Well I know there has not been an election yet. But talking about a Romney Board is a little boring. Just read Brian Hayes’ dissenting opinions. That’s what the Romney Board will do, when Romney gets around to having a Republican Board, which will not happen for a long time even…
As we’ve blogged about in an earlier post, Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has issued the third in a series of “Reports” regarding social media policies, in which he addressed overly broad restrictions regarding confidentiality, standards of decorum on a website, fraternization with fellow employees, the airing grievances online,…
