The National Labor Relations Board is engaging in a “crusade” to protect employees’ social media communications, even among non-unionized populations, according to online human resources service provider XpertHR, which advises employers tread carefully in the brave new world of cyber gripe-venting.
XpertHR says that, even though many companies might not be aware of it, the National Labor Relations Act has always applied to non-unionized workplaces, and the NLRB is on the hunt for workplace policies it finds “chilling,” meaning burdensome or restrictive to protected activities. Even for guild- or union-free businesses, that increasingly includes platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
