Employers should expect more scrutiny of policies that address employee use of social media following the settlement of a closely watched case that involved an employee who was fired following the posting of negative remarks about her boss on Facebook.
American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc., reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board related to a complaint filed by the board’s Hartford regional office last October involving the firing of employee Dawnmarie Souza for posting negative comments about a supervisor on her personal Facebook page.
