Happy New Year. So much has happened while you spent the
holidays undoubtedly velobinding and wrapping the 2012 archives of
this blog for your friends and loved ones. So I thought I'd
welcome everyone back by updating some old (i.e., December 2012)
issues. Sort of a New Year buffet.
Chafing Dish #1 - NLRB and Facebook Firings.
You may recall that
on September 7, 2011, I posted about the case of In re:
Hispanics United of Buffalo, Inc. which arose from the termination
of five employees who engaged in a conversation on Facebook that
started with:"Lydia Cruz, a coworker feels that we don't
help our clients enough at HUB I about had it!My fellow coworkers
how do you feel?" A discussion among co-workers ensued, which
included some derogatory remarks toward another coworker.Three days
after the initial post, the company terminated the posting
employees on the ground that "the posts constituted bullying
and harassment and violated HUB's policy on
harassment."
