The issues most commonly raised . . . allege that an employer has overbroad policies restricting employee use of social media or that an employer unlawfully discharged or disciplined one or more employees over contents of social media posts.
Of particular interest is this reports finding that a significant percentage of the cases surveyed involved non-union employers with no previous history of union involvement. This area of law is bound to continue to evolve as the NLRB seeks to apply legislation crafted in the Great Depression to the brave new workplace.
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