For an interesting reminder about the potential pitfalls of investigating employees through social media, please click here to go to the Jackson Lewis Workplace Pirvacy Blog to read about Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp.
August 2012
LITIGATION AVOIDANCE:
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For insights regarding litigation avoidance from our very own blogger, Ana Shields, check out this link on Resource Nation: http://www.resourcenation.com/blog/email-interview-with-jacksonlewis-com/34965/
Employer’s Suggestion To Employees To Avoid Discussing Internal Investigations Violates Labor Law, NLRB Finds
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The commonplace employer practice of asking employees to refrain from discussing internal investigations with co-workers has come under attack from the National Labor Relations Board. In Banner Health Sys. d/b/a Banner Estrella Med., Ctr., 358 N.L.R.B. No. 93, 7/30/12, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) held in a 2 to 1 decision that employees&rsquo…