Social Media Description
This workshop will address ways to respond to inappropriate employee use of social networking media as well as when employers can use this same media in hiring, investigations and discipline. Today's growing and evolving social media platforms create wonderful opportunities for communities to connect and enhance their relationships and communications, but it also presents complex and challenging legal issues for public employers. When work and personal life coverage on social media, the results can bring discredit to an agency and/or result in discipline. Issues arising from employee social networking, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, are becoming more prevalent in the workplace. This workshop will address not only ways to respond to inappropriate employee use of social networking media, but when employers can use this same media--and within the confines of the law--in hiring, investigations, and discipline without running afoul of employee privacy rights and anti-discrimination laws. This workshop will also discuss the First Amendment, free speech, and the limitations on discipline for off duty e-conduct.
Presenter
Oliver Yee provides representation and legal counsel to Liebert Cassidy Whitmore's city, county, special district, school and community college district, and public safety clients. His practice involves representing and advising clients on a variety of labor and employment issues including labor negotiations, laws and regulations of public employment retirement plans, unfair labor practices, employee grievances, leave and disability issues, the Fair Labor Standards Act, personnel policies, and disciplinary actions. Olivier has extensive experience in labor negotiations, having represented public agency clients as their chief negotiator in all aspects of the negotiation process. Oliver also regularly advises clients on a variety of retirement law issues, including pension reform, disability retirements, and strategies to address pension costs. Oliver is a prolific presenter in Liebert Cassidy Whitmore's training program. He regularly provides trainings to governing bodies, managers, supervisors and rank and file employees on relevant labor and employment topics.
Important reminder regarding ERMA trainings
It is our members’ responsibility to keep track of the employees who have attended ERMA trainings for compliance purposes. ERMA does not generate a sign-in sheet or keep a record of attendees. At the end of the training, all attendees will be given a certificate of completion indicating the date and title of the training and name of the trainer. For your own compliance purposes, we strongly recommend that you keep copies of the certificates for each employee who attended the training, along with a copy of the training materials. These are sometimes requested as part of discovery in employment lawsuits, or by various administrative agencies.
If you have questions regarding training document retention or scheduling, please contact
Taylor Doris at
tdoris@bickmore.net or
(916) 244-1174
.