"This is the first case in which the labor board has stepped in to argue that workers’ criticisms of their bosses or companies on a social networking site are generally a protected activity and that employers would be violating the law by punishing workers for such statements."
An employee of a company was illegally fired after talking negatively about her supervisor on her Facebook page, which was later followed by agreeing comments by other employees as well. When is the line drawn between work and personal life, and how do you even know the difference these days? Facebook is supposed to be a personal network for your friends, although yes, in some instances, it promotes/aids in communication for business as well. But, if someone can be fired for expressing their emotions about work OUTSIDE of work, in the same way they would talk or text or email about it, how can they legally be fired for it? Is that right? "An administrative law judge is scheduled to begin hearing the case on Jan. 25," so I guess we'll find out then! To me, it partially makes sense but it's partially outrageous. I think because we are such an advanced, technology/electronic "dependent" and active society, we should be careful about what we are posting out there, because there really is always a way for it to get out into the public now. So if you really don't want certain people seeing these things, should you post it on a site that anybody could potentially have access to? Probably not.
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