How To Legally Police Employee Gripes On Facebook

How far can a company go to prevent or discover employees' problematic posts on Facebook? An attorney gives us the answer.

If your company’s employees are active social networkers, the viral nature of status updates and links can create a human resources nightmare – – especially when those employees are disgruntled.

How far can a company go to prevent or discover problematic posts?

Beware of Gag Orders

Bad news travels fast, particularly online.

Even so, companies should be careful in adopting broad policies that forbid employees from disclosing their complaints publicly.

The National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) prohibits companies from interfering or restraining employees in their exercise of certain “concerted activity.”

That

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