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Why Should Employers have a Social Media Policy?

Posted on 28/07/2011 by Michael Scutt • 1 Comment

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[This is the follow up piece to my article "Social Media in the Workplace" published on this blog last Saturday and, originally, in The Internet Newsletter for Lawyers/Law 2.0]

In my last article I wrote about the potential threats that face employers from the use by employees of social media and recommended that businesses have a social media policy.

To recap, the main threats to an employer from misuse of social media are;

  1. Reputational damage
  2. Breach of confidentiality
  3. Time wasting
  4. Liability to third parties
  5. Liability to other employees and to prospective employees.

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Filed Under: Bullying & Harassment, Employment Policies, Internet Usage, social media

Just been made redundant? Don’t forget …

Posted on 13/04/2011 by Michael Scutt • 1 Comment

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If your employment has just ended,  not just for redundancy but for any reason, did you sign a compromise agreement? Perhaps you entered into a COT3 via ACAS to settle the dispute?

If you did there’s a good chance you will have signed up to a clause that says;

“You shall not at any time after the termination of your employment represent yourself as  being interested in or employed by or in any way connected with [name of ex-employer]”

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Social Media in the Workplace

Posted on 16/05/2010 by Michael Scutt • 4 Comments

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Last Friday I gave a presentation to users of the City Business Library at the Guildhall in London.  The topic was the use of social media in the workplace and the issues it raises for employers. You can view the presentation by clicking here.

There was a useful discussion afterwards and most people had stories to tell of how people at work had misused email, inadvertently or otherwise.  Social media, of course, goes beyond just email and surfing the internet.  Indeed, controlling use of these two is probably the easiest of the challenges facing employers.  IT departments can deny access to dodgy websites and it is easy to tell employees what should and should not be said from the corporate email account (although having said that it is still amazing how many people ignore this).

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