Blogging about Work

Management employment law firm provides some advice to employers on how to address issues regarding employee's blogging activities.

"Workers using Internet blogs and podcasts to talk about their employers are increasingly at risk of being fired, and their companies are more vulnerable to having confidential information leaked, according to Littler Mendelson, the nation's largest labor and employment law firm. ...

"Employees can have a false sense of security, when it comes to postings," said Christopher Cobey, senior counsel in Littler Mendelson's Silicon Valley office. "They mistakenly believe that if they shroud the blog or podcast with anonymity, they are immune from consequences. However, in most states, employment is at-will, meaning employers can fire an employee without cause. Learning that an employee is disloyal to the company may be all an employer will require to exercise its option to terminate the person."

Cobey suggests companies incorporate blogging and podcasting policies into their existing guidelines on confidential information, trade secrets and use of company electronic resources."

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