Top tips for handling employee social media slip ups

Social media is a great way to spread your employer brand and connect with your workers. But your employees’ bad behaviour online also has the potential to cause tricky situations from an HR perspective.

Jodie Sinclair, Partner in Employment Law at Bevan Brittan LLP, says that having a clear social media policy in place can save you a lot of headaches.

She explains: “The clear message from the developing case law on social media issues is that employers are best protected if they have in place a well-drafted and clearly communicated policy, which sits alongside relevant contractual provisions.” 

Speaking exclusively to HR Grapevine, she explains what you can do in four situations when your employees misbehave online.