Settlement Reached in NLRB Facebook-Related Termination Case
The National Labor Relations Board announced that a settlement has been reached in a highly-publicized case involving the discharge of an employee who called her supervisor a mental patient in a "friends-only" Facebook post in violation of a company's social media policy. Although the settlement has no precedential value, the case appears to signal the current NLRB's intention to bring claims seeking to protect employees' social networking activity even if such activity pushes the boundaries of respect and non-disparagement in the workplace. To learn more about this development and its implications for employers, please continue reading at Littler's Workplace Privacy Counsel blog.
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