Social Media in Your Workplace: How to Control Facebook, Twitter, Bloggers and More

Social Media in Your Workplace Webinar Recording

Personal Internet use costs American corporations nearly $200 billion per year. Employees spend approximately 25 percent of their work days surfing the Internet with 93 percent admitting to using their employer’s Internet access for both personal and business reasons.

This is costly enough, but of those employees using the Internet, how many are putting your company in jeopardy through misuse, posting inappropriately on social media sites or even bullying co-workers? You have to be aware of the dangers of employee social media use and know how to walk the line between monitoring behavior and respecting privacy rights.

An effective social media policy and proper enforcement of the rules and regulations can not only keep productivity up, but it will also decrease your susceptibility to legal claims. 

Participate in this interactive webinar, and you'll learn:

• How to communicate that the use of social media in the workplace is a privilege that comes with responsibilities
• What you should communicate about individual privacy
• Where to draw the line between personal and professional use of social media in the workplace
• How to spell out the consequences, discipline, and potential termination for violation of the social media policy
• Step-by-step best practices for monitoring the use of social media in the workplace and whether use of company property is permitted
• What the internal and external legal risks of using social media in the workplace and how to minimize your exposure
• How to monitor and protect trade secrets and confidential information on social media sites
• What to disclose to employees about your monitoring of social media sites
• How to restate specific provisions in your social media policies even if they exist elsewhere
• How to consistently enforce your social media policy to avoid inconsistencies and potential legal problems

In just 90 minutes, you'll learn how to draft and implement a social media policy that will help keep your employees productive and your organization on the right side of the law. Register now for this informative and timely event risk-free.

This webinar was recorded on Friday, December 2, 2011

Social Media in Your Workplace: How to Control Facebook, Twitter, Bloggers and More

About Your Speakers:

Attorney John Vering leads the Employment and Labor Law practice group of Armstrong Teasdale. A strong litigator, he works with both local and national organizations in a wide array of industries on a wide variety of employment lawsuits and business disputes. Mr. Vering also serves as an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association.

Attorney Jeff Schultz is a business and commercial litigator with Armstrong Teasdale and is co-chair of the Social Media Practice Group. Much of his practice focuses on counseling individuals and organizations through complex disputes involving the misappropriation of trade secrets, computer tampering, non-disclosure agreements, non-compete agreements, commercial contracts, and social networking law.