Category: Social Media
Is This Mic On?: NLRB Finds Whole Foods Policy Has Chilling Effect
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board reviewed upscale grocer Whole Foods' policy within its General Information Guide ("GIG") which banned employees' from recording in the workplace without prior management approval. Specifically the policy provided: In order to encourage open communication, free exchange of ideas, spontaneous and honest dialogue and...
Does Your Social Media Policy Need An Anti-Parasitic Drug?
My Facebook news feed blew up last week with reaction to Martin Shkreli's company, Turing's, 5,000% increase in the price of the anti-parasitic drug Daraprim from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill. While an interesting case study in ethics, politics, and how health care and pharmaceuticals are managed...
Maine’s Newest Employment Laws
Earlier this month, Maine's highest court, the Law Court, held that Governor LePage's veto attempts came too late—meaning that 65 laws which he had not taken timely action on are law. Included in these 65 laws is L.D. 921, which (as a result of the Governor's failure to act...
April Showers Brought May Flowers and A Host of Employment Action in New England
New England administrative agencies and courts have sprung into spring with a litany of action last week that will affect New England employers. Here's the run-down: Connecticut : Last week the Connecticut Assembly passed a measure that would bar Connecticut employers from requiring employees or applicants to provide access...