Employers can require civility from employees?

That’s what an NLRB ruling concluded. The matter before the NLRB concerned an employer’s rule of civility entitled “Commitment to My Co-workers,” which prohibited making disparaging comments online about the employer, a prohibition on the use of the employer’s electronic communications systems (email), a restriction on speaking on behalf of the employer on social media, a prohibition on sharing confidential information online, and a ban on the use of cellphone cameras. One employee who repeatedly violated the rule was terminated. The NLRB said that parts of the employer’s civility rule were permissible, but the parts related to prohibiting disparaging comments about the employer and barring the use of email were unlawfully overbroad.