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Controlling Abuse of Social Media in the Context of the National Labor Relations Act

Jan. 3, 2012

By: Justin L. Furrow

Social media continues to expand and permeate every aspect of the workplace.  Despite employees’ widespread use of social media, employers have been provided very little official guidance regarding the yet-to-be fully identified legal minefields implicated by their attempts to monitor and control its use.

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