Social Networking: The Legal Challenges and Implications to Your Workplace

Featured Presenter: Gavin S. Appleby, Esq. of Littler Mendelson
Employment Law Attorney and Highly-Rated IAML Instructor



Who Will Benefit:
This program will benefit anyone involved in labor and employment law, including Human Resources/Employment Law Personnel, Labor/Employment Attorneys and any other manager or executive charged with responsibility for employee relations and corporate communcations.

About This IAML AudioProSM Conference:
Twitter, more than any other social networking tool, continues to cause serious concerns in the workplace. Beyond wasted time at work tracking the hottest celebrities are reading about the latest locker room tantrum, employees at all levels seem intent on tweeting about work ideas, workplace rumors and gossip, confidential business 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?
  • Should or tell others how and when to tweet?
  • Should you or forbid tweeting altogether?
The answers to these, and other questions, are not clear legally or from a business strategy standpoint.

Featured Presenter:
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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