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Article Index » human resources » electronic communications » Workplace Blogging
Report Link Employees Blogging.
Fisher & Phillips, LLP - June 03, 2008
If it sometimes seems that everyone in the U.S. has a blog, there's a reason for it. Technorati, a website that covers the blogosphere, says it is tracking 112.8 million blogs currently, with 175,000 new blogs coming on line...each day. People blog about politics, entertainment, food and wine, and every intimate detail of their lives. They also blog about their employment – and their employers.
Report Link Enjoining Damaging Web Posts by Former Employees Comes at a Steep Price.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - March 12, 2008
Our last blog entry discussed the First Amendment shield that covers current and former employees who use anonymous or pseudonymous Internet postings to trash their employers. Today’s cautionary tale highlights the practical challenges employers face in court even when a current or former employee posts confidential records on the Web in violation of confidentiality agreements and laws.
Report Link Venting Online: How To Deal With Employee Blogs.
Fisher & Phillips, LLP - November 02, 2007
Blogs (electronic internet diaries or postings) are booming. Employees are now using blogs to broadcast information and opinions worldwide. Inevitably, some of those employees will post negative, harassing, hostile, false, or confidential information and opinions about their employers and co-employees.
Report Link Blogs: Why They Matter to Employers.
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. - August 23, 2007
One of the latest trends in electronic communication, “blogs” are fast, easy, inexpensive, and universally accessible. They’re also unregulated, though, and can subject an unwitting employer to liability.
Report Link Six Steps to An Effective Blog Policy.
Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP. - June 20, 2007
Employment lawyers have been warning for some time that blogs will one day be a volatile issue in the workplace. Recent events show that day has arrived. For example, a blogger on the Cherokee County, Georgia Planning Commission resigned her position after a firestorm of criticism about a posting in which she advocated dismantling Israel to achieve peace in the Middle East. Terminating an individual’s employment for inappropriate comments on a blog has even been coined as: “doocing,” named for an employee who was fired for comments on her blog at www.dooce.com.
Report Link Managing Risks Associated with Employee Blogs (pdf).
Vedder Price - February 02, 2007
A blog, short for “weblog,” is an online journal where the author can share his or her thoughts and opinions with the millions of people who surf the Internet each day. To capitalize on the rapid rise in popularity of blogs as a form of new media, many of the nation’s leading companies have begun to publish offi cial corporate blogs as a means to humanize the company, reach customers and address critics in a personal and informal way.
Report Link Can Workplace Policies Control Your Organization's Potential Risk from Employee Blogs?
Jackson Lewis LLP - February 09, 2006
With the increasing prevalence of blogging – posting a diary or journal on the Internet by an individual, group, or entity – employers increasingly are concerned about what employees may be saying electronically that could be harmful to business interests or that may put the organization at risk of liability for harassment and other unlawful conduct. Blogs are accessed like websites, are available to anyone through the Internet, and often invite posts, or readers comments. Through electronic devices – yours and theirs – employees may post blogs about any topic or issue. What they ate for lunch, their political views, or a confidential business deal may instantly become the next discussion thread, a prospect that has employers worried about what bloggers may be saying and what can be done about it.
Report Link Employee Web Logs Raise Privacy, Confidentiality Issues For Employers (pdf).
Ogletree Deakins - August 11, 2005
Many employers have comprehensive policies addressing e-mail, Internet usage, confidentiality, trade secrets, and solicitation. As the business world has steadily transitioned into the digital age, HR departments have kept pace by crafting and revising these policies to protect company resources from misuse. However, an increasingly prevalent source of risk for employers has often escaped notice – the proliferation of employee web logs, or “blogs.”

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