ANALYSIS: Check Social Media Policy Before You #FireYourEmployee

Employers should consider more than potential embarrassment when an employee posts a problematic TikTok video or fires off an ill-advised tweet. Having a carefully written and thoughtfully enforced policy in place can make the difference between a minor annoyance and a legal headache.

Last week, at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Corporate Counsel, I was a participant in "#WeGotFiredForThis,” a panel discussion on best practices for addressing workers’ social media posts. Here are a few brief takeaways from our discussion:

Restrictions on employee social media use involve state and federal legal considerations. Both federal and state laws ...