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EntertainHR: Can Employers Do That? The Limits of Free Speech

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Public debate about the Israel-Hamas war demonstrates that Americans have strong, and often divergent, views on important social and political issues. Believing that their right to express those views is firmly grounded in...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Absolute Freedom to Tweet? Employers (and the NLRA) May Have Something to Say About It

Do you need a social media policy or are the legal obstacles just too much? Now more than ever, people are exercising their First Amendment right to free speech, which, not surprisingly, can cause heartburn at the workplace....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Election Season and the Workplace, Part 1: Employee “Free Speech” and Political Activities

With Election Day just around the corner, we’ll be highlighting some of the issues facing employers in a two-part series on elections and the workplace. In this first installment, we’ll look at employee protections around...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

There’s no debate: freedom of speech presents challenging legal issues for workers and employers in the age of social media

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John Pueschel, partner in the Winston-Salem office of Womble Bond Dickinson, examines the limits on employee free speech and use of social media against the background of recent events at Google and in Charlottesville....more

Fisher Phillips

Don’t Feed The Trolls: What Employers Can Do To Combat Internet Trolls

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...The internet has forever changed the way information is shared. The rapid-fire online patter produces comments and information that could be both helpful and harmful to an employer and its employees. On the one hand, such...more

Cozen O'Connor

Poetic Justice – 2015 Wrap Up (Part 1 of 2)

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This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2016. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2015. Rather than simply give you links to all of my stimulating...more

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Like It Or Not, Your Employees Can Like It

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It gets boring to blog just about the NLRB. We need some judicial action to get the juices flowing a little more. We got a little something last week. Question: Is merely clicking the “like” button on Facebook tantamount to...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Teach Appropriate Speech - Or risk liability for employees' derogatory on-line comments about customers

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Recent District of Hawaii decision suggests social media policies are more important than ever, despite NLRB’s dramatic limits on employers’ ability to police employee speech on the Internet - Howard v. Hertz - ...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employers Finally Win NLRB Facebook Case

Over the past several years, EmployNews has dutifully reported decision after decision from the National Labor Relations Board concluding that employees’ use of Facebook and other social media sites to complain about work,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

What’s in a Like?

In the pre-Facebook era, the word “like” was primarily a verb (and an interjection sprinkled throughout valley girls’ conversations). Although you could have likes and dislikes in the sense of preferences, you could not give...more

Cozen O'Connor

Poetic Justice - 2013 Wrap Up (Part 1 of 2)

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This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2014. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2013. Rather than simply give you links to all of the stimulating...more

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What's in a "Like"? Precedent-Setting Case Poses New Risk for Employers

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The ubiquitous thumbs-up icon in Facebook has gained new prominence for private employers. In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that an employee fired for "liking" the campaign...more

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