NLRB General Counsel Offers Further Guidance on Lawful Social Media Policies

In an effort to provide guidance on the emerging area of social media policies and federal labor laws, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel released its third Report concerning recent social media cases on May 30, 2012. The NLRB issued two similar reports on August 18, 2011 and January 24, 2012, but the third Report sheds light on social media policies in three new ways.