The ripple effect of the Janus decision continues. Many readers are aware of the somewhat surprising Purple Communications decision where the NLRB overturned prior case law upholding employer restrictions on using company email for personal use. The union in that case persuasively argued that email has become such a common method of communication that to deny all use of company email for union messaging unfairly restrains otherwise reasonable union activity.
We’ll keep you posted on the Purple Communications decision as well as the many creative ways that the Janus decision is used in the future.