01/06/2015
Recently the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held in the Purple Communications case that an employee generally has the right to use her company email account for the purpose of self-organizing and communicating regarding the terms and conditions of employment. The 3-2 decision marks an important reversal of a 2007 ruling by the NLRB and will likely result in a wave of challenges to employers’ computer use policies. The case gives employers another important reason to review employee use of company equipment and their policies relating to the same.
Learn More: NLRB Reverses Precedent and Requires Employers to Permit Non-Work Email Use by Employees
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