As we have discussed before, several years ago, the Board instituted a significant paradigm shift in analyzing the lawfulness of employers’ handbook policies in relation to employees’ Section 7 rights, when it issued its decision in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017). Boeing established a
Two Employees, Social Media, An Unlawful Policy. . .What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The advent of social media resulted in a feverish effort by the NLRB to keep up with new technology. In reality, the legal standard for evaluating whether conduct is protected concerted activity did not change. Rather, all the excitement was over the fact employees were being punished for things they
Bubba Gump Shrimp’s Social Media Policy Passes Muster, ALJ Says
In Landry’s Inc., Case No. 32-CA-118213 (June 26, 2014), an NLRB Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found a social media rule concerning its wholly owned subsidiary, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurants, Inc., to not violate the NLRA. The General Counsel had alleged that the following policy infringed on employee’s rights because,
NLRB Administrative Law Judge Rulings on Work Rules and Social Media Policies Continue to Perplex
NLRB Work Rules and Social Media Policies Continue to Perplex
The NLRB may be getting #SocialMedia, but confusion concerning employer work rules and social media policies became obvious yet again in Professional Electrical Contractors of Connecticut (June 4, 2014). In this decision, ALJ Raymond Green wrote that “a legitimate conflict
NLRB Advice Memo Pulls Together Principles Applied in Evaluating Employer Work Rules and Social Media Policies
A 2012 Advice Memo from the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) General Counsel was recently publicly released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. While the Advice Memo applies the long-standing framework used by the NLRB to evaluate the lawfulness of workplace rules more generally, it is noteworthy
Social Media In Perspective: Labor and Employment Law Developments
Following on the success of our March webinar, “Labor Relations Update: Live,” Ronald Meisburg and Katharine Parker will be presenting a webinar on Wednesday, June 13th, entitled “Social Media in Perspective – Labor and Employment Law Developments.” Ronald is a frequent author of this blog and the co-head of Proskauer’s
Acting NLRB GC Issues Additional Report On Social Media – Somewhat Useful
The Acting General Counsel of the NLRB has issued today an “updated” report on social media cases. As we have reported frequently here, the NLRB has taken action against employers who clamp down on employee use of social media that may implicate the National Labor Relations Act. At times