TELESEMINAR: Social Media Policies and Liability in the Workplace – A National Perspective
March 27, 2012
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1.00 MCLE hours
Telephone
Social media – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Google and more – have permeated the way employers assess, communicate with, and manage prospective, current and former employees. Online background checks using Google or social media are commonplace for job applicants. Employee use of social media to communicate with co-workers and the outside world is pervasive. Former employees often ask for references using LinkedIn and other professional job-seeking sites. These and other employer and employee uses of social media have, seemingly overnight, fundamentally altered the legal landscape of the workplace in new and unexpected ways. This program will provide you with a real-world guide to employer liability for social media usage in the workplace and for background checks on job applicants, and best practices to reduce risk and limit liability.
Highlights:
- Social media use and liability for employers, including issues involving job applicants, current and departing employees
- Using social media and online resources for background checks – permissible uses, limits, risks and liability
- Social media torts by employees at the workplace – tortuous interference, defamation, invasions of privacy, harassment and discrimination
- Preventing disclosure of confidentiality company information through employee use of social media
- Best practices for workplace monitoring of employee social media usage
For more information about ISBA's Teleseminar programs, please visit: http://www.isba.org/cle/teleseminar
Program Speaker:
Gregg M. Lemley, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., St. Louis