SHRM: Employees Gone Wild and Viral: Controlling Social Media in the Workplace

Presentation outline:

1.       Statutes affecting Social Media

2.       Tort Claims and Social Media

3.       Avoiding Disparate Treatment Hiring Claims

4.       Harassment

5.       NLRB and Concerted Activity

6.       Privacy Issues

7.       Protecting Company Assets

Speaker bio:

“Sara-jeannine Robertson, J.D., SPHR, is the Firm Administrator for and an HR Consultant with the law firm of Barney McKenna & Olmstead, P.C. In 2003, she founded ComplianceAid, LLC, which publishes state and federal online Human Resources, Employee Benefits and Labor & Employment compliance tools, resources and training programs for employers and managers. Ms. Robertson has been involved in high-profile business transactions for Fortune 500 corporations and has worked as an employee benefits consultant in the insurance industry, a labor law analyst for a 100,000-employee health care corporation, a U.S. Congressional Field Representative, a U.S. Treasury Legal Intern, a U.S. Senate Intern, and as a Staff Assistant in the Executive Office of the President of the United States in Washington, D.C.  Ms. Robertson is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. She is also a member of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence as a direct descendant of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.”