Labor/Employment
Sep. 23, 2011
Employees fired for Facebook posts get jobs back
Posts about the terms and conditions of employment, including job performance and staffing, were not grounds for termination. By Debra Fischer and Jessica S. Boar of Bingham McCutchen
On Sept. 2, an administrative law judge ordered Hispanics United of Buffalo (HUB), a New York nonprofit organization that provides social services to economically disadvantaged clients, to reinstate five employees. The judge held that a conversation among them on Facebook about the terms and conditions of their employment, including their job performance and staffing, was protected concerted activity within the meaning of Sect...
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