New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog

Krenkel & Krenkel, LLC, with a practice dedicated to litigating labor and employment matters in the State of New Jersey has joined Twitter. Using Twitter will provide a great opportunity for the Firm to continue reporting on recent changes in the field of labor and employment law in the State of New Jersey.

David A. Krenkel, Esq., a New Jersey employment lawyer that handles labor & employment cases in the State of New Jersey is interviewed by NJ Biz on recent case pertaining to employment law and social media. Krenkel discusses the federal and its relationship to Facebook and other social media.

What happens when an employee writes negative comments about her employer on Facebook. Well, in this case, the NLRB's is suing American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. The NLRB alleges the company wrongfully fired the employee for the postings. The NLRB also alleged that the company wrongfully denied her union representation in the midst of an investigatory interview. The most notable charge by the NLRB is that the company "maintained and enforced an overly broad blogging and Internet posting policy."

Social media issues are heating up in employment law, including cases in New Jersey. A recent post by www.newjerseylawyer.info noted a jury verdict in favor of a restaurant employee that was fired after posting negative comments about a supervisor on a MySpace page.