Paula Lopez, August 22, 2017 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in its recent decision in Butler Medical Transport LLC, upheld an administrative law judge’s decision that Butler Medical unlawfully terminated an employee for a Facebook post responding to a co-worker’s announcement that she had been terminated.  In the Facebook post, William Norvell advises his former colleague and work partner to “think about getting a lawyer and taking them to court” and to “contact the labor board too.”  In a split decision, the NLRB ruled that Mr. Norvell’s…

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Paula Lopez, August 27, 2014. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a ruling in the case Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille affirming the administrative law judge’s decision that two employees who were terminated because of their involvement in Facebook discussions about claims that their employer had made State tax withholding errors were unlawfully discharged in violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This decision is significant on two fronts. First, because Vincent Spinella’s (one of the terminated employees) only involvement in the…

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