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Labor board OKs personal use of company email

By: Associated Press//December 11, 2014//

Labor board OKs personal use of company email

By: Associated Press//December 11, 2014//

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By TOM RAUM
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – Employees can use their company email accounts for union organizing and other workplace-related purposes, if they do it on their own time, according to the National Labor Relations Board.

The ruling could give unions a powerful organizing weapon.

Once an employer gives an employee access to the company email system, then the business cannot restrict what the employee emails, so long as it is generally job-related and isn’t during working hours, the NLRB ruled.

According to the ruling, “the use of email as a common form of workplace communications has expanded dramatically in recent years.”

The board voted 3-2 for the ruling, with three Democrats voting “yes” and two Republican members voting “no.”

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