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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +

#NoFilter: Outside-of-Work Social Media Posts Can Create a Hostile Work Environment

Cozen O'Connor on 8/16/2024

Prior to the advent of social media, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. Those bygone times, however, have been replaced by a...more

Biting the hand that feeds you. Don’t bite back.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/10/2024

You’ve got an employee who is an outspoken critic of your company’s equal employment policies or practices. He or she has violated your dress code by wearing anti-discrimination messages, fomented discontent amongst your...more

Five Issues for Employers to Consider as Political and Social Activism Surges in the Workplace

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 9/23/2020

Six months into a global pandemic, employers across the United States continue to deal with a series of new economic realities. More employees are working from home, with companies continuing to reevaluate their business...more

There’s no debate: freedom of speech presents challenging legal issues for workers and employers in the age of social media

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/3/2017

John Pueschel, partner in the Winston-Salem office of Womble Bond Dickinson, examines the limits on employee free speech and use of social media against the background of recent events at Google and in Charlottesville....more

Employment Law - April 2017

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/14/2017

Eleventh Circuit: Title VII Doesn’t Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Why it matters - In a decision that is already being cited in other courts around the country, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...more

Blocked: Managing Social Media at Work Under Virginia’s New Privacy Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/2/2015

With social media pervading all facets of society (no less than 67 percent of Americans are regular users), businesses have long been concerned with their employees’ potentially detrimental social media activities. As these...more

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