Employment and Labor Laws With Respect to Social Networking: Understanding the Cause and Effect Relationship

Why Should You Attend:

Social networking has exploded over the past few years. MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and many others are becoming common household names. While some companies encourage their employees to use social networking sites to increase employees’ networking community, others find that employees may say too much on social networking platforms – like criticizing a supervisor, engaging in online bullying of a co-worker, discussing business plans on public forums, etc.

Can you or should you discipline? Courts and regulatory agencies are just beginning to address these important issues. On the other hand, can you use such sites for your own purposes like checking out an applicant’s profile to see if there are any discrepancies in the resume the applicant submitted to your company?

Attend this webinar to understand:

• What are the legal issues that can come up if the social networking problem is not handled properly?
• What do the regulatory agencies say about it?
• How to write a policy addressing this problem?

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• What is social networking and why is it an employment/labor law issue?
• How your use of social networking in the recruiting process can lead to a discrimination lawsuit.
• Why your employees’ use of social networking – both on and off duty is a human resource concern.
• How your handling of a social networking problem can lead to a discrimination claim.
• How your failure to handle a social networking problem can lead to other legal problems such as potential violations of HIPAA, a harassment claim, or even a violation of SEC regulations.
• What the NLRB is saying about employees’ social networking.
• Do employees have any privacy rights in what they say on social networking sites?
• State laws regulating employer use of employees’ social networking
• How to write a policy addressing social networking concerns.

Who Will Benefit:

• HR Managers
• Supervisors
• Labor Department
• Employee Relations
• Management

Susan Fahey Desmond
Shareholder, Firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group

Susan Fahey Desmond is a principal in the New Orleans office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Jackson Lewis is a labor and employment law boutique firm with offices in over 54 cities across the country. In addition to being a frequent speaker and author, Ms. Desmond is listed in Best Lawyers in America and has been named by Chambers USA as one of America’s leading business lawyers. The National Association of Professional Women recently named her as a VIP Woman of the Year.

Follow us :