Social Networks, Unions

The Art of the Deal: Writers’ and Actors’ Strikes Will Provide Lessons for All

DarrowEverett LLP on 7/27/2023

In the 1980 sequel to Star Wars, the Empire Strikes Back, the Imperial fleet of the Evil Empire, ruled by Darth Vader, attacks the Rebels and heroes of Star Wars: Han Solo, Leia, Chewbacca, C3PO and crew. In the end, the...more

How the NLRA Applies to All Workplaces, Not Just Unionized Ones: Implications for Workplace Conduct Policies, Social Media...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/7/2022

When the subject of the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA,” or, more succinctly, the “Act”) is broached, employment lawyers often hear a familiar refrain: “The Act doesn’t apply to me because my employees are not...more

The Supreme Court - June 23, 2021

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/24/2021

Collins v. Yellen, No. 19-422: The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (“Recovery Act”), 12 U.S.C. §4501 et seq., was passed in response to concerns that Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s financial condition as a result of...more

Facebook Comments About Employee Did Not Create Hostile Working Environment

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/5/2019

One of the major trends in recent years in employment discrimination law has been the lowering of the standard required for a plaintiff to demonstrate a hostile and offensive working environment based on race or sex. Federal...more

NLRB Advice Memoranda Provides Guidance on Employer Work Rules and Social Media

Benesch on 3/20/2019

The National Labor Relations Board released a series of advice memoranda this week, two of which applied the new Boeing test to determine if a company rule or policy unlawfully restricts employees’ Section 7 right to engage...more

NLRB Administrative Judge Finds Employee Facebook Post Was Protected Speech

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/16/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: A new NLRB decision that attempts to define further the boundaries of protected speech under the NLRA. In Laborers’ International Union of North America and Mantell, Case No. 03-CB-136940 (NLRB...more

Guidance On Handbooks, Policies, And Social Media Guidelines – Employers’ Attempts to Protect Themselves Too Much Can Lead to Loss...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/22/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The NLRB orders employer to cease and desist from maintaining numerous provisions in its Social Networking Guideline and provisions in the Handbook related to social media, privacy, and confidentiality, and...more

Weigand v. N.L.R.B: A Double Standard for Social Media?

BakerHostetler on 5/4/2015

On April 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) decision finding a local branch of the Amalgamated Transit Union (“Union”) could...more

NLRB ALJ Finds Civility Requirement in Employer's Social Media Policy Legally Permissible

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/5/2014

Federal Administrative Law Judges continue to adjudicate claims brought by the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, challenging the legality of employer social media policies. As reported in EmployNews, the NLRB...more

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