BLOG NOTE: This article appeared in the Spring 2010 issue of West Virginia Banker
As social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter become more popular, savvy employers are developing written social networking policies. These policies establish guidelines for employees using the online applications for both professional and personal purposes. While many employers either ignored ...
Social networking sites such as Facebook offer potential benefits to savvy employers but pitfalls for unwary employers.
For example, recent changes to Facebook’s privacy settings now provide employers with potential access to much more information about applicants and employees than what is traditionally available from application forms, references and interviews. Employers can now access profile pictures, networks and other ...
Much has been written lately on how employers are managing (or ignoring) employee actitivities on social networking sites. Very recently, an article in the National Law Journal by Tresa Baldas chronicled somber advice being provided to “bosses” who “friend” their subordinates online:
“Bosses who ‘friend’ their subordinates on social networking sites may seem warm and harmless, but they’ve got ...