In NLRB v. Pier Sixty, LLC, the Second Circuit held that an employee’s expletive-laden Facebook post – which hurled vulgar attacks at his manager, his manager’s mother and his family – did not result in the employee losing the protection of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”). But even though the Second Circuit conferred
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In A Case Against Retail Clothing Boutique, NLRB Finds Facebook Posts By Non-Union Employees “Classic Concerted Protected Activity”
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Posted in NLRB Developments, Social Media
By: Jill Barbarino and Steven M. Swirsky
In a recent decision involving social media posts by non-union employees, as well as employer rules prohibiting the sharing of information about compensation among co-workers and with non-employees, the NLRB affirmed the findings and proposed remedy recommended by a Board Administrative Law Judge, holding that the Facebook
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NLRB Weighs in on Employee Facebook Posting That Ended in Termination
By Epstein Becker Green on
Posted in NLRB Developments, Social Media
In one of the first rulings by the NLRB in a case involving social media, the Board agreed with the order of the ALJ that the firing of an employee for certain Facebook posts were not protected, concerted activity under the NLRA and the termination did not violate Section 7 of…