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Module 2 - Background
EMPLOYEE VOICE
Required Material
Brown, G. (April 3, 2017). What can you say? D.C. Circuit
speaks on employee confidentiality. Littler Insight. Retrieved
from https://www.littler.com/publication-
press/publication/what-can-you-say-dc-circuit-speaks-
employee-confidentiality.
Clarke, N. (2010, April 14). One team, many voices: A strong,
independent and
informed employee voice is one of the key ingredients of
employee engagement in
successful organisations. The Daily Telegraph, 2. Retrieved
from ProQuest
Newsstand. (Document ID: 2008178971).
Du Toit, A. (2014). Engage your employees by giving them a
voice. Retrieved
from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141120084540-
65643596-engage-your-employees-by-giving-them-a-voice.
Gordon, P., & Appenteng, K. (Feb. 18, 2016). Workplace
recording bans and the NLRA: Are “No Recording” policies
still allowed? Littler Insight. Retrieved
from https://www.littler.com/publication-
press/publication/workplace-recording-bans-and-nlra-are-no-
recording-policies-still.
Guerin, L. (2017). Can potential employers check your
Facebook page? NOLO. Retrieved
from http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-potential-
employers-check-your-facebook-page.html
National Labor Relations Board (2017). Protected concerted
activity. Retrieved from https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-
protect/protected-concerted-activity.
Optional Material
Employment Law Information Network. (Browse for useful

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related articles.) Retrieved
from http://www.elinfonet.com/fedarticles/7/12
Huss, S. (2016). 5 beautiful benefits of giving employees a
voice. Retrieved fromhttp://blog.arkadin.com/en/5-beautiful-
benefits-of-giving-employees-a-voice/.
NUS Business School. (2017). Speaking up or staying quiet:
Understanding employee voice behaviour [Video file].
Retrieved
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA5hGKE3EZE.
Olmstead, K., Lampe, C., & Ellison, N. (2016). Social media
and the workplace. Pew Research Center. Retrieved
from http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/06/22/social-media-and-
the-workplace/.
Zaken, M., and Totorica (Stamford), A. (2017). Second Circuit
Rules on Bounds of Protected Concerted Activity. Ogletree
Deakins. Retrieved from https://ogletree.com/shared-
content/content/blog/2017/may/second-circuit-rules-on-bounds-
of-protected-concerted-activity
Module 2 – Case
EMPLOYEE VOICE
Case Assignment
In this assignment you have the opportunity to look at employee
voice and protections and restraints on that voice.
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (10-12 slides, not counting
the cover slide or the references slide). Your presentation
should include at least two of the following: tables, charts,
pictures, drawings, or other visuals. (For example, you may
want to include two tables, or one table and a pie chart.) These
visuals should provide important information to significantly
enhance your presentation. Be sure to explain the visuals to
your audience. The presentation is being conducted on the shop
floor and is being specifically directed to first-line supervisors
and must stipulate what employees can and cannot openly say
about their coworkers, supervisors, and employer. Cover how

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the term “protected concerted activities” affects workplaces.
You may choose which is more effective for your presentation—
provide speaker notes (at the bottom of each slide), or record
your actual voice over the slides.
Include at least 4 additional sources to help strengthen your
discussion.
Please upload your paper by the module due date.
Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues
and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and
research.
Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only
library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated
information.
Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed
information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered
end notes, or use APA style of referencing.
https://mytlc.trident.edu/index.php?page=library