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- Indiana
On November 19, 2015 after a long ten hour work day I was noticeably aggravated when clocking out from my shift and heading home (due to the lack of pay for training others and then finding that those I am training make the same amount per hour that I do as well as only having one paid 15 min. break). Once home and somewhat relaxed I admittedly made a rather vague social media post on some views and opinions of my workplace. In which a coworker had deemed it necessary to bring to our district managers attention ensuing the determination of my dismissal from said employer. I am quite curious as to how an attempt to collectively and comprehensively express said aggravations to my private social media page had lead to a dismissal of Inappropriate Behavior? My understanding of inappropriate behavior is an action or behavior that is hazardous or menacing that is made on company time and/or property.
I've been researching for weeks of how such a determination could be made and how social media has affected the workplace (even though I was sitting in my living room). There is an article published by Morrison/Foerster entitled "Client Alert" on 1/15/13 on Social Media and the NLRA; and in Section 2, subsections 1-4 that states that regardless of vulgarity or rudeness such posting or practices of social media are protected under Section 7 of the NLRA and even a section on page 4 of Actions that Employers should take to determine how social media in the work place should be handled. With my time in this company no such policies were made or determined nor signed but yet I was fired under the grounds of Inappropriate Behavior in the workplace due to the social media post made?
I guess in short my question is... there are rules and regulations made for social media and behavior in the workplace but what happens when a rather vague post is made in private time, out of aggravation in which there where no names, places, or events mentioned; lead to termination from a company?
On November 19, 2015 after a long ten hour work day I was noticeably aggravated when clocking out from my shift and heading home (due to the lack of pay for training others and then finding that those I am training make the same amount per hour that I do as well as only having one paid 15 min. break). Once home and somewhat relaxed I admittedly made a rather vague social media post on some views and opinions of my workplace. In which a coworker had deemed it necessary to bring to our district managers attention ensuing the determination of my dismissal from said employer. I am quite curious as to how an attempt to collectively and comprehensively express said aggravations to my private social media page had lead to a dismissal of Inappropriate Behavior? My understanding of inappropriate behavior is an action or behavior that is hazardous or menacing that is made on company time and/or property.
I've been researching for weeks of how such a determination could be made and how social media has affected the workplace (even though I was sitting in my living room). There is an article published by Morrison/Foerster entitled "Client Alert" on 1/15/13 on Social Media and the NLRA; and in Section 2, subsections 1-4 that states that regardless of vulgarity or rudeness such posting or practices of social media are protected under Section 7 of the NLRA and even a section on page 4 of Actions that Employers should take to determine how social media in the work place should be handled. With my time in this company no such policies were made or determined nor signed but yet I was fired under the grounds of Inappropriate Behavior in the workplace due to the social media post made?
I guess in short my question is... there are rules and regulations made for social media and behavior in the workplace but what happens when a rather vague post is made in private time, out of aggravation in which there where no names, places, or events mentioned; lead to termination from a company?
I've been researching for weeks of how such a determination could be made and how social media has affected the workplace (even though I was sitting in my living room). There is an article published by Morrison/Foerster entitled "Client Alert" on 1/15/13 on Social Media and the NLRA; and in Section 2, subsections 1-4 that states that regardless of vulgarity or rudeness such posting or practices of social media are protected under Section 7 of the NLRA and even a section on page 4 of Actions that Employers should take to determine how social media in the work place should be handled. With my time in this company no such policies were made or determined nor signed but yet I was fired under the grounds of Inappropriate Behavior in the workplace due to the social media post made?
I guess in short my question is... there are rules and regulations made for social media and behavior in the workplace but what happens when a rather vague post is made in private time, out of aggravation in which there where no names, places, or events mentioned; lead to termination from a company?
On November 19, 2015 after a long ten hour work day I was noticeably aggravated when clocking out from my shift and heading home (due to the lack of pay for training others and then finding that those I am training make the same amount per hour that I do as well as only having one paid 15 min. break). Once home and somewhat relaxed I admittedly made a rather vague social media post on some views and opinions of my workplace. In which a coworker had deemed it necessary to bring to our district managers attention ensuing the determination of my dismissal from said employer. I am quite curious as to how an attempt to collectively and comprehensively express said aggravations to my private social media page had lead to a dismissal of Inappropriate Behavior? My understanding of inappropriate behavior is an action or behavior that is hazardous or menacing that is made on company time and/or property.
I've been researching for weeks of how such a determination could be made and how social media has affected the workplace (even though I was sitting in my living room). There is an article published by Morrison/Foerster entitled "Client Alert" on 1/15/13 on Social Media and the NLRA; and in Section 2, subsections 1-4 that states that regardless of vulgarity or rudeness such posting or practices of social media are protected under Section 7 of the NLRA and even a section on page 4 of Actions that Employers should take to determine how social media in the work place should be handled. With my time in this company no such policies were made or determined nor signed but yet I was fired under the grounds of Inappropriate Behavior in the workplace due to the social media post made?
I guess in short my question is... there are rules and regulations made for social media and behavior in the workplace but what happens when a rather vague post is made in private time, out of aggravation in which there where no names, places, or events mentioned; lead to termination from a company?
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