Legal Issue

Concept and Brief Description

I found an article in the internet about issues that employers need to be aware for this year 2010. The issue is Social networking and electronic media. Social media refers to the application and websites such as Facebook, instant messaging, and Twitter.I believe almost every job has a computer with internet connection. Almost everyone can have some access to these sites while working. This social media contain personal information that an employer cannot access the employee's sites to check on them or to screen them before hiring them.

Emotional Hook

For employers it is a legal risk to use social networking technologies. It is off limits since it contain information such as photographs and personal data relating to age, sexual orientation, political beliefs or religious affiliations.

Key Points to Elicit Discussion

It is very interesting to hear stories about employees using social network, which is fine, but there is a limit. Somebody told me a story about an employee who was fired because this person was spending most of the time at work in the internet either shopping online or using a social media.

Facilitative Questions

How do we set a limit or should we block entirely the site so the employers cannot get access?