Creating Mobile Device Use Policies: Apps, Social Media & More

On-Demand Recording

90 minutes | INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING

Smartphones and tablets are everywhere now in the work place, and employers are open to costly and damaging legal issues and risks.

Without a strong policy to address employees' ability to "go viral" from anywhere, you're at risk for a host of liability concerns. With the right strategies, you can draft policies that keep pace with new technologies, while balancing worker privacy rights. Join us for this 90-minute webinar to discover:

  • Keys to draft and communicate an effective mobile device policy
  • Essential policy language that works in and outside the office
  • Employee privacy vs. office policy: Know where to draw the line
  • Legal termination and disciplinary procedures and practices

Program Highlights

Workplace Protection vs. Employee Privacy: How to Strike a Proper Balance

  • What employers can do to protect data generated on mobile devices
  • Monitoring employee app use: What's fair game to follow & inspect
  • Are employers liable for employee posts outside the office?
  • Managing the use of company owned devices: What's legal, what's not

Keys to Drafting Effective Tablet & Smartphone Policies at Work

  • Addressing app use among employees: Facebook, Snapchat & more
  • Be FLSA compliant: How to update your policy & be protected
  • Guidelines to implement & enforce your mobile device policy

Disciplining Online Misuse & Abuse: Policies for Social Media Use

  • When, where & how employers can legally monitor social media use
  • Defining inappropriate online behavior of employees at work & at home
  • Firing without fear: Proper action when firing for off-duty behavior
  • Avoid legal action: Best practices to dodge post-termination lawsuits

Live Question & Answer Session - Have your questions answered by the expert!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Marcia Jackson
Marcia N. Jackson is a partner in the Labor and Employment Group of Wick Phillips Gould & Martin.

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