Social media such as Facebook may be distractive to employees and may be detrimental to your business. Here are some tips for managers in establishing a social media policy in the workplace.
Here are 10 helpful tips for preventing employee issues relating to employee use of the internet at work to access social media sites from the website of Fisher & Phillips, LLP, Attorneys at Law.
These tips may help you to think about how to begin to craft your own internet usage policy which could encompass areas such as social media, and employee internet use.
1. Get familiar with Facebook, Linked In or other sites that are popular with your employees.
2. Update current company policies.
3. Consider whether your company environment needs a specific social media policy.
4. Prohibit use of the employee’s company e-mail address.
5. Discourage your managers from “friending” their subordinate employees.
6. Immediately get a copy of any post that is the subject of a complaint.
7. Only use social media for employment screening in a consistent way.
8. Warn managers to follow standard policies for recommendations on Linked In or other professional sites.
9. Be aware of possible protected, concerted activity.
10. Above all, use common sense.
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