With the continual advent of new forms of social media, employers need to stay on top of their game to try to prevent misuse of social media by employees. The increasing popularity of social media app "BeReal" has recently been under the spotlight. BeReal is an app which invites users to share photos with their friends at a particular time each day. Every day at a different time users are notified simultaneously to capture and share a photo within two minutes. The premise is that friends share "real" photos of their lives in real time, intended to be an antidote to much of the filtered, choreographed, "fake" pictures on other forms of social media.
So, why is this a workplace issue? Quite simply, if individuals take photos of themselves at work, with computer screens in the background or papers on their desk they may inadvertently be sharing confidential information. In this alert we consider the top tips for employers to deal with this risk from an employment law perspective.
The first step is ensuring that the company has a robust social media policy in place. Ideally this should set clear guidelines about employees' use of social media both inside and outside the workplace. This should include:
homevideos BREAKING: Iran Denies Involvement in Fly Dubai Incident, Calls Claims a 'False Flag Operation' | Iran has strongly distanced itself from the Flydubai Flight 1073 incident, officially lab...