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Labor/Employment

Jul. 13, 2001

Chat Police

Employers generally would be permitted to define the limits of the use of their e-mail and voicemail systems - and even to prohibit their nonbusiness use - were it not for a substantial limitation imposed by the National Labor Relations Act, the federal law that protects employees' rights to solicit one another and distribute information regarding unionization and issues of common concern regarding wages, hours and working conditions.

        By Laurence R. Arnold and John H. Douglas
        
        Employers generally would be permitted to define the limits of the use of their e-mail and voicemail systems - and even to prohibit their nonbusiness use - were it not for a substantial limitation imposed by the National Labor Relations Act, the federal law that protects e...

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