How Is Social Media Impacting How Employers Discipline Employees? - Webinar (Recorded)

Overview:
Social Media usage has skyrocketed in the last decade. Employees have used social media for fun, communicating with friends, colleagues, job searched ad many other reasons.

Employers have a challenge with employees using social media for personal use on company time and allowing employees to use social media in the workplace for business only use. Since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulations on prohibiting Employers from restricting employees from discussing their work conditions, treatment by their supervisors, discussing their pay and other workplace issues. Employers are more than ever, trying to muzzle employees.

The term 'concerted activity' is the protection offered by the NLRB to employees who speak to coworkers about their work conditions including speaking negatively about the company and supervisors. Before 'concerted activity' protection, Employers had free reign to discipline employees who shared information with coworkers about certain work conditions. Moreover, Employers were known to terminate employees who shared their salary with other employees.

Those days are over! Many well-known companies have suffered fines and penalties for disciplining employees who spoke negatively about the company or supervisors. Are Employers now being held hostage when employees use social media to complain about their company?