Bell Nunnally attorney Marie A. McCrary’s article, “Federal Law Protects Facebooking,” was published in the March 2012 edition of The DICTA– the monthly newsletter of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL).
Read the full article here.
In the article, McCrary addresses employers’ monitoring of employees’ social media use. She explains that employees are protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they engage in protected activities (enumerated by Section 7 and protected by Section 8 of the NLRA) and warns that the NLRA limits employers’ discipline of employees based on their social media activities. McCrary provides examples of “concerted activity” using social media protected by the NLRA and unlawful employer policies. She encourages employers to re-evaluate their social media policies to ensure they only restrict unprotected activity.
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