Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert who regularly enjoys positive press about his businesses, got some negative publicity this week.
JC Reindl of the Detroit Free Press reported Friday that Quicken Loans and other Dan Gilbert companies violated workers' free-speech rights with certain social media and confidentiality rules in its "Big Book" of employee regulations, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled.
Quicken Loans says it is appealing the ruling.the Freep reports. The ruling, which was issued Thursday, is automatically stayed.
U.S. Administrative Law Judge David Goldman ordered Quicken and the other firms to make 24 changes to its employee rules and to post a four-page notice informing workers that the companies erred, the Freep reports. The note is also supposed to remind employees that they have a right to unionize.
The judge noted in his finding that Quicken Loans already rescinded the Big Book in December, the Freep reported.
The Gilbert companies include Quicken,Fathead, Title Source, One Reverse Mortgage, In-House Realty and Rock Connections.
