Social Media In The Quebec Workplace

No need to reiterate the omnipresence of social media in our daily environment. Whether it is reading the mayor of Montreal's latest tweet, browsing a friend's pictures of his or her newborn on Instagram, or expressing dissatisfaction on our Facebook walls, there exists a multitude of reasons to get lost online.

Through their "social" character, social media gives the possibility to people to share more or less private information to a large public. As a direct consequence, it may occur that an employer gets his or her hands on information that would otherwise have been out of reach. In this context, it is legitimate to ponder on the use an employer can make of such information collected on social media.