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What every company needs to know about employee use of social media: The NLRB and Social Media
Wednesday Oct 22, 2014
Date: October 22, 2014 Time: Noon to 1:00 p.m. Registration starts at 10:30 a.m. http://tinyurl.com/l9p3pv8 1 hour MCLE credit attorneys Public welcome Alameda County Law Library, 125 12th St, Conf. Rm 8, Oakland, CA 94607
Nicole Lemieux 510- 272-6483What every company needs to know about employee use of social media: The NLRB and Social Media
Event Description
True or False: The NLRB has jurisdiction only over unionized companies.
False: The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects the
rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their
wages and working conditions.
In 2013 and 2014, the NLRB issued a record number of rulings on protected concerted activity
and coercive activity involving social media. Our speaker, Ms. Hardy-Mahoney, Regional
Attorney, Oakland Region NLRB, will discuss these cases and what you need to know about
employee activity on social media.
Protected Activity
Which of these scenarios describe a “concerted protected activity”?
· A Knauz BMW car salesman posted pictures of an accident at a neighboring Land Rover
dealership, also owned by the Knauz group. A sales representative allowed a customer's
13-year-old son to sit in the driver's seat of a vehicle. The teen drove the vehicle down a
small embankment into a pond.
· Earlier the same employee, posted pictures and sarcastic comments on Facebook about a
sales event at which the luxury car dealership served hot dogs and bottled water to
customers. He and other sales agents expressed their concern that the bland food and
beverage sent the wrong message to the customer and would hurt their sales and
commissions.
Attend our program and find out what the NLRB and the courts have said on these and other
similar issues. Date and Time
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
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