Social media posts can cost you your job

Social media posts can cost you your job
Make your policies clear: you don't want to get a TikTok shock. (Image: Depositphotos)
Rebecca Rendle
In a world where most employees have an online presence on some form of social media, the line between private and work life can become blurred.  The starting point is that an employee is entitled to their private life and what they do online is their business.  But more and more legal firms like ours are seeing situations where social media activity can legitimately cause concern for employers where individuals are identifiable as an employee, their online activity has the potential to bring their employer into disrepute, or it could...

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