California Ambulance Firm’s Social Media Rules Lawful: NLRB (1)

A divided National Labor Relations Board approved a California ambulance company’s rules restricting employee communication on social media.

Medic Ambulance Service Inc. can lawfully impose a social media policy that prohibits its workers from disparaging the company and others, carrying out “inappropriate communications,” disclosing confidential information, posting photos of coworkers, or using the company logo to denigrate people or causes, the NLRB said.

The board’s Monday ruling overturned an administrative law judge’s findings against the company. Its 2-1 decision also reversed the judge’s holding that Medic Ambulance unlawfully forbade workers from sharing employee compensation information. That company rule isn’t specific ...