QUESTION
Mental Anguish and False representation
Asked on Nov 07th, 2013 on Labor and Employment - Indiana
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I am a new HR / Safety manager. The employees with the company set up a new FB page under the name of the company. They use this site to criticize the company and particularly attach me. I am fighting breast and colon cancer and the jokes and me being a "bitch because I have no tits" and that I am inflicting my problems on others because "my life is f**ked up". (the list goes on and on). I know I could terminate for these actions, but I really don't want to go to that extreme. I have reported the site and trying to remove it, but I need to know what steps I can take to stop the personal attacks. I ignore a lot, but things are getting out of hand. Please advise.
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There is protection for employees to communicate about work related issues and concerns under the same Labor laws that allow union members to discuss work issues. This protection applies regardless of whether there is a union or not and allows some criticism of the company and by extension, the managers. But this goes to work related issues and concerns; It does not protect bullying or harassment of other employees or managers, nor does it allow mocking a manager based on her cancer. They could say that the new HR manager is mean and unfair. They are not protected from termination from the other comments you list.
Answered on Nov 07th, 2013 at 3:17 PM