New Supreme Court Rulings Affecting Employers
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On Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court issued 2 decisions that affect employers. In one, the Court decided that with only 2 members the NLRB didn't have a quorum. As a result more than 500 NLRB decisions are now invalid and must be readdressed.Yikes!
[url]http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/06/17/supreme-court-holds-two-member-nlrb-lacked-quorum-authority/[/url]
In the other decision, the Court ruled that a SWAT team member's personal text messages he sent using a phone issued by his employer were not private. (He was also joined in the suit by individuals who had exchanged text messages with him during the applicable period of time, including his then-wife, his girlfriend (who was another employee), and another SWAT coworker.)
[url]http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/06/17/supreme-court-rules-public-employees-text-messages-not-private/[/url]
When did sending steamy personal texts to spouse and coworker you are dating using an employer-provided cell phone ever sound like anything but a recipe for big trouble?
[url]http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/06/17/supreme-court-holds-two-member-nlrb-lacked-quorum-authority/[/url]
In the other decision, the Court ruled that a SWAT team member's personal text messages he sent using a phone issued by his employer were not private. (He was also joined in the suit by individuals who had exchanged text messages with him during the applicable period of time, including his then-wife, his girlfriend (who was another employee), and another SWAT coworker.)
[url]http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/06/17/supreme-court-rules-public-employees-text-messages-not-private/[/url]
When did sending steamy personal texts to spouse and coworker you are dating using an employer-provided cell phone ever sound like anything but a recipe for big trouble?
Comments
You mean the high court really took this up? What a waste of time and money. The phone and every thing on it belonged to the company. It was never the personal property of the employee. You may get away with "R U home" to your children once in awhile, but really keep affairs your affair.