Workplace e-mail and Internet use: employees and employers beware (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, February 2003

Workplace e-mail and Internet use: employees and employers beware

Charles J. Muhl
Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Chicago, Illinois. The views expressed in this article are the author’s personal views, not an official position of the Board, and represent the author’s under-standing of the issues and cases discussed.
Email: charmuhl@sbcglobal.net

An employee’s personal use of an employer’s e-mail system and of Internet access is not protected under the law, and employers can face legal liability for employees’ inappropriate use thereof.

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