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Employee Voice
Case Assignment
Begin by viewing the following:
Facebook Vent Against Supervisor Not Grounds for Firing, Retrieved from www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/09/facebook....
Parexel International, LLC, 356 NLRB No.82 (2011). Retrieved from
Then review
No concerted protected activity, no problem—the NLRB recognizes “pre-emptive strike” retaliation (March 14, 2011). Retrieved from http://www.martindale.com/labor-employment-law/art...
Also review—Employees recording & publicizing management’s union communications, retrieved from http://www.laborrelationstoday.com/2013/10/article...
After reviewing the above information please respond to the following questions:
- Compare and contrast the Facebook and Parexel situations/ outcomes. Be sure to discuss what is meant by “protected concerted activity.”
- Discuss how this term affects union and union-free workplaces.
- How can HRM ensure that they are not violating employees’ protected concerted activity rights?
Bring in at least 4 additional library sources to help strengthen your discussion.
Please upload your paper by the module due date. Paper length: 4–5 pages, not counting cover and reference pages.
Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research.
Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information.
Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered end notes, or use APA style of referencing.
Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a list of references, headings/subheadings, and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors.
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Explanation & Answer
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The Facebook situation which later led to the case of NLRB v. American Medical
Response which was not heard in the court but ended in a settlement helped determine
whether some policies were restrictive and limiting. The situation involved Dawn Marie
Souza whose job had been terminated due to some derogatory comments she had posted on
her Facebook about her supervisor. A complaint was made by the National Labour relations
Board against the American Medical Response (AMR) who later pled that the employee had
been terminated from her employment due to some serious complaints that were linked to her
behavior and not because of her description of her boss was in comparison to that of
psychiatric patient (O'Brien, 2014).
The labor board made their claim against AMR stating they practiced unfair labor
practices since the employee was wrongfully terminated and was denied access to union
representation. The labor board also stated that any criticisms posted in social networking
sites were under the “protected concerted activity” hence it is permissible for one to talk
about the terms and conditions of the company to another employee in public. Protected
concerted activity is defined as activities that employees may engage in with no fear of
employer retaliation.
The situation presented by Parexel International, LLC and Theresa Neuschafer is
quite different from the situation involving Dawn Marie Souza. Therese was a nurse who was
not a South African while the Manager of Clinical Operations, Liz Jones was a South
African. After Theresa’s conversation between her and two other employees in reg...
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