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NLRB Weighs In on Insulting Facebook Posts Cases (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date July 31, 2015
Report Number NLRB
Authors David Epstein
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

In the age of Facebook and Twitter, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) is trying to adapt the National Labor Relations Act (Act) – which was enacted eighty years ago – to the contours of employee-employer relations within the social media world. In recent years, the Board has been asked to consider a variety of new issues, including whether the Act applies to public Facebook conversations, and whether informality and vulgarity in social media comments deprives employees of protection. Recent decisions suggest that the Board will extend the Act’s protections to comments made through social media.