The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a press release about the much talked about Facebook Case.? The press release states:

Under the terms of the settlement approved today by Hartford Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg, the company agreed to revise its overly-broad rules to ensure that they do not improperly restrict employees from discussing their wages, hours and working conditions with co-workers and others while not at work, and that they would not discipline or discharge employees for engaging in such discussions.? (Emphasis is mine.)

You know what this is?? Nothing new and nothing exciting.? This is right in line with previous decisions regarding the rights of employee to about their salaries, hours and working conditions.? It makes perfect sense to consider Facebook and other social media as talking.? Because that is precisely what it is.

Now, this does not mean that the internet becomes a free-for-all.? If you could be fired for talking about it before, you can still be fired now for posting about it.? (And remember this is a union case, and doesn’t necessarily apply to the majority of American workers.)

This will not be the last we hear of Facebook and the law.? Other Facebook

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