June 24, 2011

Dealing with employees’ use of social media

By

As labor lawyers have been predicting over the last year, social media in the workplace is getting trickier to navigate.

What is an appropriate reaction from an employer when an employee posts a negative statement about the company on his or her Facebook page? What, if any, policies can employers create that restrict employees’ use of social media? And, should an employee even use social media while at work or after work hours?

In our consulting practice, we have seen the most confusion surrounding social media coming from a new generation of young, entry-level employees used to having multiple communication technologies…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
Categories: Archived Columns
Sign up for BizWest Daily Alerts
Closing in 8 seconds...

ONE FREE EMAIL CAN MAKE YOU BETTER IN BUSINESS. IT'S AN EASY YES!

×

Stay informed with critical information, news and insights throughout the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado.