Toops Scoops: When Social Media Becomes Too Authentic

If you’re interested in the ever-shifting convergence of employment practices liability and the ubiquitiousness of social media, you might want to keep an eye on a lawsuit recently filed in Connecticut by the National Labor Relations Board, claiming a woman was unfairly fired for posting negative comments about a supervisor on her Facebook page.

From the New York Times article:

The labor relations board announced last week that it had filed a complaint against an ambulance service, American Medical Response of Connecticut, that fired an emergency medical technician, accusing her, among other things, of violating a policy that bars employees from depicting the company “in any way” on Facebook or other social media sites in which they post pictures of themselves.