Freedom of speech is a complex notion, especially if we link it to employees using social media sites. This story focuses on Robert Becker, an employee at a Lake Bluff BMW dealership, who got fired after posting unpleasant things about the company he worked for on Facebook.
The dealership he was working for, Karl Knauz BMW held a sales event last year, with Becker using Facebook after the whole thing was over to complain about the food offered to the attenders.
During the same day, he uploaded pictures of a crash that took place at a Land Rover dealership in the area, which belonged to the same owner, when a salesman allowed a 13-year old sun o a customer to enter the car, with the boy accidentally ending up hitting the car.
Becker posted photos of the accident as well as writing “This is your car. This is your car on drugs”. Subsequently, Becker was fired on June 22, 2010. He then turned to the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) to submit a complaint against the decision, as Chicago Times writes.
However, a NRLB administrative law judge has now ruled that the firing did not come in contradiction with any federal labor law.
During the same day, he uploaded pictures of a crash that took place at a Land Rover dealership in the area, which belonged to the same owner, when a salesman allowed a 13-year old sun o a customer to enter the car, with the boy accidentally ending up hitting the car.
Becker posted photos of the accident as well as writing “This is your car. This is your car on drugs”. Subsequently, Becker was fired on June 22, 2010. He then turned to the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) to submit a complaint against the decision, as Chicago Times writes.
However, a NRLB administrative law judge has now ruled that the firing did not come in contradiction with any federal labor law.
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