Monitoring Off-Duty Conduct on the Internet: Facebook, Blogs and Social Networking Media
Why Attend?
Blogging, twittering, and use of other social networking media, such as Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, etc., are all becoming more popular each day, as is posting videos on YouTube. Employers now have the ability to, and a growing interest in, monitoring employees' off-duty Internet activity. But what are the risks of doing so?
The faculty of this 90-minute audio seminar will examine recent examples of how employees' off-duty but work-related Internet activity has severely damaged their employers (such as the infamous YouTube food-handling posting by two Domino's Pizza employees); how employers are using Facebook and other sites to screen applicants; and how companies are trying to safeguard confidential information, deal with cyber-slander, and improve worker productivity by tapping into their employees' use of this burgeoning technology.
The panel includes a tech-savvy consultant who specializes in computer investigations, an attorney who has challenged employee monitoring, and an outside counsel who advises companies about monitoring employees' off-duty Internet usage and social networking.
What You Will Learn
Whether you are an experienced employment law practitioner or you have a different area of specialization, knowing the business rationales and associated legal risks for monitoring employees' off-duty Internet conduct is relevant to your practice—and your clients. Chaired by Paul Starkman (Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Chicago, IL), this audio-only program will examine:
Understanding the technology of Twitter, blogging and social networking sites.
Best and worst practices when employers monitor employees' off-duty blogging, texting and social networking
Implications for employers and employees of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to consider City of Ontario v. Quon (No. 08-1332) (did the City of Ontario's police department act improperly in monitoring of a police officer's text messages sent on a department-issued pager, where it had a policy that emails and internet usage could be monitored, but no official policy on monitoring text messages?)
Wiretap laws, the federal Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 2701 to 2712) and other traps for unwary employers and their managers.
Do's and Don'ts of social networking/blogging employment policies.
What's next after Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and how can employers get ahead of the curve?
The panel consists of Margaret Daley (Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, LLC, Chicago, IL) and Mark S. Eisenberg (Eisenberg & Associates, Los Angeles, CA).
Invest just 90 minutes at your home or office to learn about developments in monitoring off-duty conduct of employees on the Internet from a team of experts in the field. This teleseminar comes to you live on Thursday, February 25, 2010, 1:00-2:30 pm EST, via your phone or your computer. Submit questions to the panel via email during the program. Course materials may be downloaded or viewed online.
Planning Chair
Paul E. Starkman, Esquire, Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Chicago, IL
Faculty
Margaret A. Daley, Esquire, Duff & Phelps, LLC, Chicago, IL
Mark S. Eisenberg, Esquire, Eisenberg & Associates, Los Angeles, CA
ALI-ABA Staff Attorney: Harry Kyriakodis
For group tuition discounts, click on the Registration link at top and register online at the discounted rates, or go to the Group Webcast Page or email groupregistration@ali-aba.org for assistance.
Program Schedule
(All Times Eastern Standard)
1:00 pm Monitoring Off-Duty Conduct on the Internet
--Panel discussion
--Audience Questions
2:30 pm Adjournment
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 1.5; Total 50-minute hours of instruction: 1.8
Suggested Prerequisite: Experience in employment law and litigation, and familiarity with issues related to employee use of the Internet during non-work time.
Educational Objective: To learn about the rationales and risks of monitoring off-duty conduct of employees on the Internet from a team of experts in the field.
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Times
Eastern: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Central: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Mountain: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pacific : 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Alaska: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Hawaii: 8:00 am - 9:30 am
