Tag: Social Media Policies

There are risks associated with social media and some employers are quick to ban it in the workplace as a means of trying to control these potential risks. However, banning social networks in the workplace does not consider the bigger picture of social media – it shows a lacking of understanding around the technology.

Facebook has threatened to take legal action against employers who demand current staff or prospective employees hand over passwords to their Facebook accounts.

Local employees are demonstrating new levels of awareness, self-education and self-regulation when it comes to social media, at the same time an increasing number of workplaces are restricting access to the ‘social web’.