Social media – NLRB issues third report on social media

The NLRB Office of General Counsel issued a third report addressing employers’ use of social media policies. The report summarizes the NLRB’s review of the social media policies of seven companies and its findings with respect to whether such policies impermissibly inhibit employees’ rights to discuss the terms and conditions of their employment with other employees and third parties. The social media policies reviewed by the NLRB address, among other things: (1) rules governing employees’ use of social media; (2) guidelines on privacy, legal matters, online tone and resolving concerns; and (3) protecting information, expressing opinions, and bullying.
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