Originally published on Findlaw.com
Gone are the days when employers generally blocked or otherwise
prohibited social networking by their employees.
Why?
The business upside evidently outweighs the potential downside.
But still, employees must be informed as to how best to conduct
their social networking activities on behalf of their
companies.
The used to be worries that employees would use social
networking for purely personal pursuits, thus resulting in lost
productivity. Of course, those types of fears were present earlier
when it came to simple Internet access.
The concern was that employees would spend their time Web
surfing or online shopping while it work, instead of performing
their job functions. But employees ultimately were provided
Internet access, just like now they often are allowed to engage in
social networking.
