Tag: fired

Company Wrongfully Terminates Employees for Emails Using Profanity

5/1/18

By: Joyce M. Mocek The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently determined Mexican Radio Corp. (a restaurant company) violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the “Act”) when it fired four (nonunion) employees after they sent emails complaining about their wages, work schedules, tip policy and work conditions. The issues relating to the terminations…

Employee Fired for Tweeting Complaint About Sex Jokes

3/26/13

By: David Cole This USA Today article is another example of how social media is presenting new legal issues in the workplace. According to the story, the tech company SendGrid fired a female employee named Adria Richards because she tweeted complaints about a group of men sitting behind her at a conference making sex jokes. …