Venting around the water cooler has been a way of life in most companies, but with the advent of social media, those gripes have moved online where the audience size is so much greater. In fact, I dare say that if some of your employees had work place issues yesterday, they have probably already written
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Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube and personal email accounts….how far can an employer go when it comes to using their contents as evidence against an employee?
By Elif Oral on
With the proliferation of social media, employers are more and more tempted to resort to their employees’ personal accounts so as to obtain valuable evidence whenever a dispute arises. For example, whether it be to provide proof of an employee’s state of mind, of activities that are incompatible with an employment injury or of fraudulent…