Facebook and other social networking websites have revolutionized how we communicate. We have become an interconnected society. These connections include friends, family and co-workers. Although we are able to connect to one another with only a few clicks of a mouse or taps of a finger, sometimes new technology brings about undesired results. Many people have lost long-time friends or had marriages and relationships destroyed, all because of whom someone was chatting with or because of the content of an online post. I heard someone once say, “Facebook ruins lives.” While this may be extreme, posting good and bad commentary on teachers, celebrities, co-workers and employers has become common place, sometimes to the detriment of the commentator.
Through a recent regulation, The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will require most private sector - union and non-union employers subject to the Board’s jurisdiction - to physically post notice of employees’ rights under the National Labor and Relations Act (NLRA).
As presented in a recent blog post, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided in Hispanics United of Buffalo, Incorporated that employees who posted Facebook comments regarding their terms and conditions of employment, including their job performance and staffing levels, were engaged in protected concerted activity under Sec
