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This article addresses the intersection of Section 7 protected concerted activities under the National Labor Relations Act and the common law employment-at-will doctrine. Employers are under pressure to ensure their online social media policies do not unlawfully chill protected Section 7 activities, freeing employees to discuss working conditions with coworkers through online social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. This article argues that once coworkers engage online in work-related conversations, for all practical purposes they cease to be at-will employees. Under the Wright Line standard, if an employee is fired or disciplined shortly after engaging in protected concerted activities, the employer has the burden of showing the employee was actually fired or disciplined for a different legitimate cause. The result is that online social media communications among employees may effectively put an end to the employment-at-will doctrine.
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