As the social media universe expands and more users join networks every day, the risks for businesses also appear to be on the rise. A new survey from Proskauer Rose indicates employers are disciplining workers more when it comes to employees’ use of social media.
In the survey, “Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 3.0,” Proskauer reports 71 percent of the more than 110 businesses that responded have had to take disciplinary action against an employee for misusing of social media. This is a tremendous jump from last year’s iteration of the survey, in which only 35 percent reported they had to take this kind of action. The jump in the numbers begs the questions—what are businesses doing, and what can they legally do to make sure social media in the workplace doesn’t become a disaster zone?
