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The phrase "Protected Concerted Activity" refers to certain protected activities specified in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Under the NLRA, covered employees may join together to improve their wages and working conditions. If employees are engaged in "protected concerted activity" and suffer adverse employment consequences, such employees may seek redress under the NLRA, whether or not they are members of a union. less -

"Watch Me Get Fired" Videos Are Going Viral: 7 Tips for Employers to Navigate New Trend

Fisher Phillips on 2/16/2024

A scroll through social media will quickly reveal that we’re in a new workplace era where the stigma attached to being fired or laid off is waning and many people are seeking solidarity online. In recent viral posts on...more

Election Season in the Workplace: Employers’ Essential FAQs for 2024

Fisher Phillips on 1/15/2024

The coming election year promises to be turbulent, and your workplace will not be immune from the challenges that are sure to face us. What do you need to know about your rights and responsibilities as an employer now that...more

EntertainHR: Michigan’s Miscue—Is Your Company Ready for a Social Media Scandal?

FordHarrison on 6/7/2023

Only a few days after being hired by the University of Michigan’s football program as the assistant director of football recruiting, Glenn Schembechler (son of longtime Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler) resigned after his...more

Disciplining Employees for Offensive Private Speech: Connecticut Employers Must Show Workplace Disruption

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 2/2/2023

Employers in Connecticut need to be aware that Connecticut law makes the free speech provisions of both the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and those of the Connecticut Constitution applicable to...more

The End of an Era? NLRB Holds Lawful Employer’s Rules Restricting Employee Communications on Social Media, But This Pro-Employer...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/13/2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the NLRB held in a 2-1 decision that an employer’s rules restricting certain types of employee communications on social media were lawful under the NLRA. However, the Board panel was sharply...more

Political and Controversial Activity in the Workplace [More with McGlinchey Ep. 11]

McGlinchey Stafford on 10/16/2020

Election season is in full swing and the climate is certainly charged. In this episode of “More with McGlinchey,” Labor and Employment attorneys Mag Bickford, Rasch Brown, Camille Bryant, and Kathy Conklin discuss employees’...more

Politics and the Workplace

Jaburg Wilk on 3/12/2020

Categories: Employment, Article The general election is looming, and politics are everywhere. Here is a general overview of the laws that apply to private employers to help them navigate this upcoming political season...more

NLRB Memo Refines Position on Employer Social Media Policies

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 10/2/2019

On the heels of its 2018 Boeing decision, the National Labor Relations Board continues to provide employers with guidance regarding acceptable and unacceptable restrictions on employee social media use. In a September 12...more

Can Employers get a Grip on Griping? Not all Gripes are Created Equal…

Cohen & Gresser LLP on 9/25/2019

Negative employee attitudes, chronic complaining, insubordination and gossiping are bad for the workplace. They can impact employee morale and productivity, and if spread outside of the organization, reflect very poorly on...more

New NLRB Advice Memo Clarifies Social Media Policy Rules

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/4/2019

The National Labor Relations Board continues to provide guidance with respect to employers’ attempts to regulate employee social media behavior. In its Boeing Co. decision, the board made it significantly more difficult for...more

Employers Beware: Can You Legally Terminate an Employee for a Controversial Facebook Post?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 1/25/2019

In this era of social media, it has become quite common for employees to post information online about their personal lives, their political views, and information related to their jobs. Social networks have increasingly...more

NLRB Issues Important Decision Regarding What Constitutes “Protected Concerted Activity” in Union and Union-Free Environments...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/18/2019

In yet another case that impacts both union and non-union employers, the Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board (Board) overruled Obama-era precedent and substantially narrowed what is considered “protected...more

Will Your Workers Go On Strike This Week? What You Need To Know

Fisher Phillips on 10/3/2018

Employee walkouts and protests are likely to occur on a large scale starting yesterday and lasting through Thursday, spurred on by the union-supported “Fight for $15” movement and in anticipation of the upcoming midterm...more

II-34- Ten Things You Missed From Summer 2018

Cozen O'Connor on 9/11/2018

We're back! This brand new episode addresses the 10 developments you may have missed from this past summer of 2018, including employees secretly recording the workplace, new non-compete legislation, the unstoppable #MeToo...more

NLRB Releases Advice Memos Approving Employer Work Rules Under New Boeing Standard

Polsinelli on 7/18/2018

On July 13, 2018, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) released several memos authored by the Board’s Division of Advice, which offer further guidance to employers about how the Board...more

Sneaky Section 7 Traps for the Unwary Employer

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/18/2018

With only about 6.5 percent of workers in the private sector being represented by unions, many private sector employers pay little, if any, attention to the requirements of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

Employee Social Media and Employee Discipline – Caution

Ruder Ware on 2/21/2018

A number of companies have adopted social media policies that address the types of things employees can post on social media even if it is the employee’s private social media page. While companies have the right to protect...more

National Labor Relations Board Ends 2017 with a Flurry of Significant Decisions Reversing Recent Pro-Employee Precedents

Dechert LLP on 1/10/2018

Abandonment of Controversial Standards for Joint Employment and Review of Employer Policies Headline Slew of Changes - Since the election of President Trump, it has been a question of “when,” not “if,” the National Labor...more

Social Media in the Workplace: More Changes Ahead?

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/12/2017

In days past employees discussed and debated workplace issues around the water cooler. That sentimental past-time has long since been replaced by online social media networking and the reach of social media is stunning....more

Termination For Social Media Activity May Result In Unemployment Compensation Benefits

Troutman Pepper on 12/4/2017

Q. Our Company just terminated an employee for a social media post that was in violation of our social media policy. Will she be entitled to unemployment compensation benefits? ...more

Flipping Out Over Flipping Off: What Are the Limits on Regulating Employee Political Speech?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/9/2017

Around the end of October, a photo of a government contractor employee flipping the bird to President Trump’s motorcade went viral after the woman made it her profile picture on Facebook. She was subsequently fired for a...more

I-13 – Policies, Policies, Policies, and Microchips Embedded in Employees

Cozen O'Connor on 8/21/2017

Michael Schmidt of Cozen O'Connor addresses recent trends and noteworthy developments on certain employment policies related to political activity, confidential customer information, FMLA retaliation, and maximum leave...more

Second Circuit Holds Termination of Employee Who Attacked Supervisor in Obscene Facebook Post Violates NLRA

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 4/26/2017

The Second Circuit said last week that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it fired an employee who criticized a supervisor on Facebook during an election. The catch here is that the Second Circuit...more

The National Labor Relations Board’s Crackdown on Social Media Policies

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 12/15/2016

If your company has a social media policy in its handbook, that policy is in the crosshairs of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB is the agency that enforces the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which,...more

NLRB Tells Employers to Mind their Own Business

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/27/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: An Administrative Law Judge held that an employer’s policy of prohibiting employees from conducting personal business at work, along with its social media and solicitation/distribution policies, violated...more

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