Can
employees get fired for Social media post?
Are your employees spending too much time on social media? Or Did social media affect your employees’ productivity? When maintaining a business, standards and controls can sometimes be a bit turbulent. It is said that employees spend about an hour each workday on their personal social media accounts due to which employees waste their valuable time and not accomplish their daily activity of workplace. So, should employees access social media at work? Of Course yes, but under some social media policies only. Why every company needs workplace social media policy? Social media is a boon and bane for employers. On one hand, it serves as a tool for promoting your company. On the other hand, it has introduced the needs to regulate your employees’ activities, as it’s sometimes risky for your company’s reputation. Keeping this in mind, every company needs workplace social media policy for healthy working environment. Can employees get fired for Social media post? It is obvious that every post of your employee may not be a reason for termination, but disclosing confidentiality about the company, bashing or abusing employer, or harsh comments about religions, political representatives, etc. may destroy your whole career. So, when is social media activity a valid ground for termination? Nowadays, about every individual is connected to social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, etc. Millions of people are surfing these social media platforms on daily basis. They share most of their happiness, sorrows, complaints about things and facts on social media. But, can we discipline employees for Facebook postings? Or can we dismiss an employee for posts on Facebook? Join this webinar to know how employees fired for social media post? Or how can you fire someone for their social media complaints about workplace? Areas Covered in this Live Webinar: ● ● ● ● ● ●
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Why You Should Attend this Webinar In this webinar, you will come to know how employees’ use social media, and how employer understand their employees off duty conduct and terminate when their post is legally intolerant. Giving employees their private space as well as making some standards or social media policies for healthy working environment.