With the use of social media becoming increasingly prevalent, Sybille Steiner, employment partner at Irwin Mitchell, explains why professionals need to exercise caution when using common platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn.
She talks listeners through the main uses of social media in the workplace and the issues that may crop up in relation to them, as well as providing an overview of how the law is evolving in this field. She also delves into a grey area that affects many professionals: what happens to the contacts built up during a term of employment when the employee leaves the company?
Listen to the podcast to get the answer and to hear Steiner’s top five tips to enable professionals to use social media without incident.
For more detailed coverage of these and other social media-related issues, read Sybille and Nicola Bell’s article: Don’t get caught out by social media reponsibility >>
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