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Ambulance company settles with NLRB over employee’s Facebook posting

donal brown February 8, 2011

American Medical Response of Connecticut agreed to settle a suit brought by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after the company fired an employee for criticizing her boss and calling him derogatory names on Facebook. The NLRB contended that the firing was illegal in that employees have the right to discuss workplace issues with fellow workers and others. The company agreed to revise their rules governing discourse on the Internet regarding work conditions. -db From

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Employee free speech: Policeman sues over right to talk with media

donal brown April 1, 2010

A policeman is suing in federal court claiming he was disciplined and forced into early retirement for taking with the media about questionable policies and procedures . -db Courthouse News Service April 1, 2010 By Adam Klasfeld WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) – A police lieutenant claims Suffolk County forced him to retire early after 27 years on the force because he told Newsday about a racist policy in which unlicensed drivers were arrested, rather than

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California court rejects Brown Act argument in upholding firing of librarian

donal brown November 12, 2009

A California appeals court upheld the firing of a San Diego law librarian for a scathing e-mail he sent to his employer. The court removed the librarian’s free speech claims to federal court and rejected the Brown Act argument that claimed that an outside attorney should not have been present during termination hearings. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise November 12, 2009 By Kenneth Ofgang A reference librarian whose work included assisting self-represented litigants with their appeals yesterday

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