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NRLB Redefines 'Your Own Time'

Posted by timothy on from the can't-possibly-pass-muster dept.

Doc Ruby writes "The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled to ban off-duty worker 'fraternization,' at the employer's discretion. So getting together for a beer after work can now be prohibited by the boss. With IT workers so commonly producing some of our best work 'after hours,' even at home or in restaurants/bars, will this ruling come back to bite employers in the IT industry? Can they really stop you from talking with your cubicle neighbor on the bus home, if they can't even stop you from reading Slashdot while on the clock?"

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  1. Wife, please read this article! by bigwavejas · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife and I are employed at the same company... Does that mean I don't have to talk to her anymore afterwork? Thank you NLRB!!! I'm soooo shot-gunning two beers tonight and watching ESPN.

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    1. Re:Wife, please read this article! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      and a bonus...you won't have to get up off the couch to go to bed ;-)

    2. Re:Wife, please read this article! by Trigun · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or to work. You might want to turn over every six episodes of Friends to prevent yourself from melding into the couch though.

  2. WHAT! by hoka · · Score: 4, Funny

    So wait, they are going to ban my drinking! What next, no more vodka shots during breaks? Then what, they are going to replace the coke and rum dispenser with WATER!? THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME!

    Oh wait, what was TFA about again?

  3. OBStallman by schon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do you call the U.S.A the "land of the free"?

    They mean free as in beer, not free as in freedom. :o)

  4. Re:Stupid. by gr8_phk · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Otherwise, I reserve the right to date, have sex with... ...any of my co-workers when we are off the clock."

    You read slashdot and are concerned about having sex with a co-worker? I'm confused on so many levels.

  5. Re:Stupid. by thomasa · · Score: 3, Funny


    This falls under 'human rights'. Which you cannot sign away.

    Sorry, someone's working on that too.

  6. Oh come on by winkydink · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why dampen sensationalism with the facts? :)

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  7. Re:Remind me... by ad0gg · · Score: 3, Funny
    "... coworkers while in their work uniforms. "

    Dammit their goes my dream of working at a strip club so i can have sex with the dancers after hours. Have to tell them to keep their clothes on so we don't get fired.

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  8. Re:Well hey there 1984 by Aardpig · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, 2005-1984 = 10. You do see that, don't you, citizen? How many fingers am I holding up?

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