Labor Board OKs Personal Use of Company E-Mail
Source: AP-ABC News
By TOM RAUM
In a victory for unions, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday that employees can use their company email accounts for union organizing and other workplace-related purposes, if they do it on their own time.
Once an employer gives an employee access to the company email system, then the business cannot restrict what the employee emails, so long as it is generally workplace-related and isn't during working hours, the NLRB ruled. The NLRB is a government agency that investigates unfair labor practices.
The ruling said that "the use of email as a common form of workplace communications has expanded dramatically in recent years." The ruling could give unions a powerful organizing weapon.
The three Democrats on the five member board voted "yes," while the two Republicans abstained.
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Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014
BREAKING NEWS:
NLRB Reverses Precedent In Employer E-Mail Case
A divided National Labor Relations Board held Thursday that workers have a right to use their employers' e-mail systems for non-business purposes including communicating about union organizing, overruling the labor board's 2007 Register Guard ruling and calling it "clearly incorrect."
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