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Advice Memo on Employee Rules: A Window on Current NLRB Views
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
management report for nonunion organizations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-8286
pISSN - 0745-4880
DOI - 10.1002/mare.30529
Subject(s) - memorandum , business , social media , advice (programming) , labor relations , payment , work (physics) , public relations , legal advice , law , political science , engineering , computer science , finance , programming language , mechanical engineering
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board Division of Advice publicly released a memorandum evaluating social media policies of CVS Health Corp., owner of the CVS chain of retail stores. An advice memo is intended to guide NLRB regional directors on unfair labor practice charges. It is not the same as a ruling by the Board after hearing a case, although in most, but not all, cases that the Board eventually hears, it comes to the same conclusion as the Division of Advice. Of the various CVS rules evaluated, two were unlawful, according to the memo: a rule requiring employees to identify themselves by their real name when discussing the employer or their work on social media and a rule restricting employees from disclosing “employee information” on social media.