Leading author and employment law expert Dr. Jim Castagnera will explain how the recent NLRB decision regarding social media use affects your organization. You will learn how to update policies now and prepare for the future.
What You'll Learn
- Should you rein in employee social media use now?
- What employee social media use is most problematic and controversial?
- How can you create social media policies relevant for the future?
- How does “protected concerted activity” relate to social media?
- Does Section 7 of the NLRA cover all employers, whether unionized or not?
- How will expected regulatory changes affect social media policies?
Training Overview
Does your organization restrict employee social media use?
On January 4, the National Labor Relations Board reversed an administrative law judge’s decision condemning an employer’s social media policy. That now-allowed policy includes a:
- Non-disclosure clause protecting proprietary information
- Ban on the use of the company’s name for personal purposes
- Ban on the use of co-workers’ photos without their express permission
- Prohibition on the sharing of personal compensation information
- Social-media non-disparagement prohibition
While employers welcome the renewed ability to restrict employee social media use, it’s almost certain to be short-term. When the NLRB chairperson’s term expires this summer, President Biden will have the chance to fulfill his promise to tip the scale in the pro-labor direction. When that happens, the social media freedom of the Obama era will likely come back in full force.
- Should you rein in employee social media use now?
- What employee social media use is most problematic and controversial?
- How can you create social media policies relevant for the future?
- How does “protected concerted activity” relate to social media?
- Does Section 7 of the NLRA cover all employers, whether unionized or not?
- How will expected regulatory changes affect social media policies?
Who Should Attend?
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Human resources professionals
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Labor relations managers
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Legal counsel
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Business owners
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Employee relations staff
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Location managers
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Division supervisors
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Supervisors
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Managers
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Development staff
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Program directors
Expert Presenter
Dr. Jim Castagnera
- Currently devotes his full time to writing, teaching, and training
- Chief consultant for Holland Media Services, LLC, a freelance writing, training, and communications company
- Founding member of LMC Conflict Training & Conciliation, Inc.
- Shareholder and officer of the International Cyber, Privacy & Compliance Risk Institute
- Practiced law for 36 years
- 10 years as a labor, employment, and intellectual-property attorney with Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
- 3 years as general counsel for Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates
- 23 years as the associate provost and legal counsel for academic affairs at Rider University
- MA in Journalism from Kent State University
- JD and PhD from Case Western Reserve University
Credits
- This program has been approved for 1.0 general recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
- This program is valid for 1.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
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