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According to the Pew Research Center, two-thirds of employees access social media while at work. As the barriers between personal and professional life are broken down through new technology, it is more important than ever before for both employers and employees to understand what the law has to say about free speech and concerted activity in the workplace.

Do employees have an unlimited ‘right to tweet’? Or are employers allowed to enforce meaningful restrictions on social media use? Beth Milito of the NFIB Small Business Legal Center explores the development of rules on social media in the workplace.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no legal or public policy positions. All opinions expressed are those of the speaker.

Learn more about Beth Milito: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/3-16-16/milito_bio.cfm

Differing Views:

Engage: “Two Guiding Trends in Contemporary Labor and Employment Law: Technology and Fairness”
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/two-guiding-trends-in-contemporary-labor-and-employment-law-technology-and-fairness

American Bar Association: “Social Media and Employment Law: Summary of Key Cases and Legal Issues”
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/labor_law/2013/04/aba_national_symposiumontechnologyinlaboremploymentlaw/10_socialmedia.authcheckdam.pdf

The National Law Review: “NLRB Continues Aggressive Crackdown on Social Media Policies”
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/nlrb-continues-aggressive-crackdown-social-media-policies

Cornell Law Review: “The NLRB’s Social Media Guidelines a Lose-Lose”
https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=chrr

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