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The NLRB Wants to Be Your 'Friend'

Many employers have implemented or at least considered implementing Internet/social media policies in an effort to protect their reputations, protect their employees, and prevent the dissemination of confidential or proprietary information on the Internet. These policies seem to make perfect sense, but unfortunately, employers need to re-think them in light of the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in <i>Hispanics United of Buffalo, Inc.</i>

26 minute read September 28, 2011 at 04:15 PM
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Joseph G. Schmitt And Lisa M. Schmid
The NLRB Wants to Be Your 'Friend'

The popular social networking website Facebook currently boasts 750 million active users, 50% of whom log in on any given day. A recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates that 13% of Americans use Twitter.

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