Remember Careful Colleen, the HR Director for Exceptional Enterprises from last week's post? (Click here if you didn't get to meet her.) Aside from confidentiality policies, Colleen has made sure that Exceptional's social media policy forbids employees from posting negative statements about the company or co-workers. Colleen has heard though, that somehow such a prohibition could get Exceptional in trouble with the NLRB. Can't an employer determine how its employees may behave on social media during work time? Why can't an employer prohibit an employee from speaking negatively about it? Can't an employer prohibit employees from speaking to or about other employees in a way that might constitute harassment, discrimination or bullying? This is a very confusing area of employment law! Many feel that the NLRB has not provided much guidance. Let's see if we can get a nugget or two of clarity after the jump!

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