Retail Employees - Are They Protected When Tweeting About the Workplace?

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Very interesting article regarding the current state of the NLRB's comments about regulating blogging and other social media comments made by employees about events that took place in the workplace.  There may exist certain protections against restrictions imposed by employers that impact the use of social media, if the restrictions impact the employees right to organize, and restrict other forms of constitutionally protected speech.  It is an area of law this is not clearly established but the NLRB will likely address this issue in the near future.  The article does outline some decisions that give partial guidance, but many of the complaints have been settled prior to the Board having to make a widespread ruling.

Article by Seyfarth & Shaw, written by Marshall Babson is a partner in Seyfarth’s New York and Washington offices and John Duke is an Associate in the firm’s Boston office.  Article also credits Lynn Kappelman as an author.