Recently, the NLRB has issued a number of decisions addressing social media in the workplace as it pertains to employers. Last month, however, an NLRB judge rendered a decision addressing a Union’s potential liability and responsibilities for social media activities on its own Facebook page. Interestingly, the judge addressed the posts and comments of the
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New NLRB Ruling Leaves Many Questions Unanswered for Non-Union Employers
On September 28, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in Karl Knauz Motors, Inc., 358 NLRB No. 164 (2012). The NLRB affirmed an Administrative Law Judge’s findings that a car dealership did not violate the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) after it terminated a salesperson for his posts on Facebook. …