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: New York Public Personnel LawUsing and misusing employee bulletin boards
Source: Source: AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center, http://www.aele.org/
The AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center has posted an article concerning employee bulletin boards, stating that such boards are ?like a firearm in a desk drawer; they have been misused to post defamatory or demeaning content, giving rise to suits for racial or sexual harassment.?
The article also indicates that employee bulletin boards ?have been useful in defusing labor-management tensions, in building worker loyalty and in providing worthwhile information.?
Topics covered include:
? Types of bulletin boards
? When employers must allow postings
? When employers can deny postings
? Union bulletin boards
? When are employers liable for disparaging content?
? New technologies
? Policies, Notes and References
The entire article is posted on the Internet at:
http://www.aele.org/law/2010all06/2010-06MLJ201.pdf
Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).
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