The Legal Challenges of Twitter in the Workplace Featured Presenter: Gavin S. Appleby, Esq. of Littler Mendelson
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Employment Law Attorney and Highly-Rated IAML Instructor
This program will benefit anyone involved in labor and employment law issues, including Human Resources/Employment
Law Personnel, Labor/Employment Attorneys and any other manager or executive charged with responsibility for employee relations.
Twitter, more than any other social networking tool, is causing serious concerns in the workplace. Beyond wasted time at work tracking what the
hottest celebrities are up too and what is happening at NFL training camps, employees at all levels seem intent on tweeting about work ideas,
workplace rumors, and even about confidential information and intellectual property. At the same time, cutting edge employers are urging
employees to tweet as a means of building corporate or product buzz as well as expanding potential markets. Should you tweet?, or tell others
how and when to tweet?, or forbid tweeting altogether? To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question, but the answers are not clear legally or
from a business strategy. Please join us to discuss what you can, or should, or shouldn't do about this social tool in light of privacy laws,
business considerations and common sense...
Gavin S. Appleby is a Shareholder with the law firm of Littler Mendelson in Atlanta where he advises and represents employers in a broad course of employment
law matters. His focus ranges from defending single plaintiff and class action employment cases to advising on and litigating wage and hour matters and handling OSHA
issues. He also has significant experience in union avoidance, defending union campaigns, handling arbitrations and mediations, and conducting investigations.
In the course of his career, Mr. Appleby has tried or arbitrated in excess of 150 cases. He has handled over 75 union campaigns, none of which resulted in continuing
union representation at any of the facilities in question. Mr. Appleby provides employers with consulting on human resource practices, including establishing ADR
processes, developing systems for providing better and more effective advice to managers, and instituting programs aimed at early resolution of employment problems.
He is nationally known for his employment law and diversity training, as well as for developing legally-defensible diversity programs. He also is an expert on OFCCP
matters and Title IX compliance. Prior to joining Littler Mendelson he was with Powell, Goldstein and was previously Chief Litigation
Counsel with Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He received his B.A. degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and his J.D. degree from the
University of Virginia where he was a member of the national Moot Court Team. Mr. Appleby is a member of the American Bar Association and the
State Bar of Georgia. He lectures extensively throughout the country and has written a number of published articles on employment and labor law issues. He is also
the co-author of a text on pre-employment testing. He has been consistently rated among IAML's top four instructors over the past 15 years.
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