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Ambulance company settles with NLRB over employee’s Facebook posting

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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Legal action over employee use of social media mounts

The Wall Street Journal Analysis January 21, 2011 By Jeanette Borzo When companies dismiss employees for what they consider harmful use of social media, the dismissals can backfire on the companies involving them in expensive lawsuits and damaging their reputations. -db

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Federal court rules that newspaper owner’s First Amendment rights trump employee’s job rights

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Santa Barbara News-Press did not have to rehire employees fired for union activity to pressure the owner and publisher from controlling the editorial content of the newspaper. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise January 27, 2010 By Steven M. Ellis The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday declined to force a Santa Barbara newspaper to temporarily rehire eight employees allegedly fired for union activity directed at pressuring the

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