Business-Use-Only Electronic Media Policy Is Lawful; Special Rule Restricting Union Business on E-mail Is Unlawful: NLRB | Practical Law
In Weyerhaeuser Co., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that a company information notice directed at union representatives at a specific facility to limit their use of the company e-mail system to conduct union business violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In contrast, the NLRB affirmed an NLRB administrative law judge's decision that an electronic media use policy applicable to all employees company-wide, including those in the bargaining unit, was lawful under Register Guard.