Feb. 1, 2012
In a report on 14 new cases involving both workplace policies and the termination of employees for their social media postings, the National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel ("AGC") has signaled his office will continue to look with disfavor on employer policies and disciplinary actions that limit employees’ rights to complain about the terms and conditions of their employment. Both union and nonunion employers are affected and are subject to unfair labor practice charges if their policies or disciplinary actions restrict employees’ rights to engage in "protected concerted activity." Although the cases discussed in the AGC’s new report involve employee communications through social media, the policies which may get an employer in trouble are not limited to "social media policies." Read More
Jan. 25, 2012
This article was originally published online at mHIMSS (December 1, 2011). Read More
Jan. 25, 2012
This article was originally published in Owner Operator magazine (January 2012 issue). Read More
Jan. 20, 2012
New gTLDs Are Available: Will it Be a .Brand World? Blackout Protest of Internet Bills. Legislative Corner: Password Sharing a Crime in Tennessee? Read More
Jan. 12, 2012
In a landmark decision that will benefit churches and other faith-based organizations, the United States Supreme Court has specifically recognized the existence of a "ministerial exception" to the employment discrimination laws and, just as importantly, has ruled that the exception is not limited in its applicability to pastors, priests and other heads of a congregation. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC (U.S. Supreme Court, January 11, 2012), a unanimous Court held that the ministerial exception prevented a "called" teacher employed by a religious school from pursuing a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Read More