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Social Media: What Employers Need to Know

Publication date 31 March 2014

There has been a huge increase in the popularity of social media like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. People often post personal and professional information. This information can be viewed by others, such as friends, colleagues, clients and employers. Therefore, social media do play an important role in employment relationships and are raising many questions such as: “Are employers allowed to monitor what information (future) employees exchange and who they exchange it with?” and “How to deal with employees who are telling company secrets or are openly badmouthing their employer or their colleagues?”

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