Title: Social Media Policies in the Workplace | The Labor Dish
Headings: Social Media Policies in the Workplace
Social Media Policies in the Workplace
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Content: Social Media Policies in the Workplace | The Labor Dish
Social Media Policies in the Workplace
By DLA Labor Dish Editorial Board on August 18, 2014
Posted in NLRB, Union Organizing
Social media usage is now ubiquitous: Facebook users spend more than 10.5 billion minutes per day on the website. LinkedIn has more than 277 million members in over 200 countries and territories. Twitter has 230 million active users who collectively post 500 million Tweets every day. What’s an employer to do? This is an ever-increasing area of litigation. In a series of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) has found social media policies unlawful because those interfere with employees’ rights to act collectively. It has found employers in violation for policies that
prohibit posts that are inaccurate or misleading or that contain offensive, demeaning or inappropriate remarks; prohibit posts discussing non-public information, confidential information, and legal matters; threaten employees with discipline or criminal prosecution for failing to report violations of an unlawful social media policy;