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Triple Play Status Update: Firings for Employees' Facebook Activity Unlawful

On Oct. 21, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a 2014 decision by the NLRB overturning the terminations of two employees who had complained about their employer on Facebook. Here's a look at that decision.

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On Oct. 21, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a 2014 decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturning the terminations of two employees who had complained about their employer on Facebook. As previously reported, the NLRB concluded that the terminations violated the employees’ Section 7 rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), because their Facebook activity was legally protected. (In a Facebook status, one employee had complained about Triple Play’s failure to properly withhold payroll taxes, and a co-worker had “liked” the post). See “Recent NLRB Actions Force Employers to Change Established Policies and Practices,” The Corporate Counselor , February 2015, available at http://bit.ly/1RSwmZ3.

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