Thursday, August 18, 2011

Social media policies and the NLRA

Acting NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon has issued a report on social media cases. Anyone who fails to consider the NLRA in general and the concept of protected concerted activity in particular when crafting and enforcing social media policies for employers is missing a major issue. This report (downloadable here) does a good job of defining the area. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has also released a report on social media and the NLRA.