Employment Law Seminar: The Digital Workplace
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Employment Law Seminar: The Digital Workplace

09/02/2015

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McDowell Purcell hosted a seminar on "The Digital Workplace" on Wednesday, 4th March as part of its series of breakfast briefings. The aim of the briefing was to give delegates practical advice to deal with the increasing number of challenges faced by businesses in today’s digital work environment.

The briefing addressed the following topics:

  1. Data Protection: Handling data access requests, monitoring employees' use of telephone, e-mail, and the internet, and the use of CCTV cameras in the workplace.

  2. Protecting Confidential Information: Bring your own device policies (BYOD), effective confidentiality provisions and restrictive covenants, preventing solicitation of clients using social media. 

  3. Social Media:    Role of social media information in the course of workplace investigations and employee dismissals, preventing cyber-bullying in the workplace. 

Please click here for a copy of the slides from this presentation.

Speakers:

  • Barry Walsh – Head of the Employment Law and Benefits Department
  • Julie Austin – Associate, Employment Law and Benefits Department