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NLRB Rules Employer Must Allow Employees to Use Company E‐mail for Protected Activity, Including Union Organizing
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
management report for nonunion organizations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-8286
pISSN - 0745-4880
DOI - 10.1002/mare.30029
Subject(s) - labor relations , business , labor union , labour economics , public relations , economics , political science
In a 3–2 vote, constituting an early Christmas present to Big Labor, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on December 11, 2014, that most employers must allow their employees to use the company's e‐mail system “for statutorily protected communications on nonworking time” ( Purple Communications , 361 NLRB No. 126). Protected communications include discussions and complaints about wages, working conditions, benefits, supervision, scheduling, etc. and communications about union organizing, including solicitation.