Why Bosses Also Should Beware Social Media

But there’s a flip side to the workplace stupid coin, and it’s addressed in an article (New laws make social media interaction dangerous for bosses) on an Australian web site called Human Resources Leader.

Obviously the article focuses on new laws in Australia, but one only has to read it to realize that the principles and pitfalls described could apply in the United States and anyplace else where there is social media, lawyers and courts.

An “adverse action” clause in the new Fair Work Act meant interaction on websites such as Facebook and Twitter between employers and employees could have wider implications, said Allens Arthur Robinson partner and head of the firm’s workplace relations group Adam Lunn.