It is important that you have clear policies to provide clarity on the operational issues for your practice.
A policy provides guidance to employees, clearly outlining how to behave and what is expected. They should be regularly communicated and readily available to your employees. Policies can be developed for a number of different areas – leave, privacy, social media, health and safety, discrimination and bullying, telephone and internet use.
Social Media Policy
The explosion of social media combined with the trend towards flexible work patterns has increasingly blurred the boundaries between employees’ private lives and their interactions at work. Information and opinions can be spread quickly, widely and sometimes internationally through online channels and can easily be subject to distortion and misrepresentation. Once online material is in the public domain, there is little control or influence over how it might be used or modified. Firm and fair guidelines on the acceptable use of social media are essential to protect your business and your people.
It is important to have a clear Social Media policy that articulates clearly what a staff member can do both during work hours and outside of work hours on platforms such as, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
To assist you, please use the template provided below to develop and implement your Social Media policy in practice.
