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TRADE UNIONS seeking to protect workers from dismissal over social-media posts were provided with a new report today offering practical advice.
Increasing numbers of employment tribunals revolve around social-media messages or emails the report, Social Media and the Law, by the Institute of Employment Rights, points out.
As well as recommending legislative reforms, authors Paul Scholey and Daniel Kindell of Morrish Solicitors conclude with a practical checklist for unions dealing with social-media cases.
Mr Scholey said that they hope the report can “become a manual for unions in protecting their members.”
“It’s vital that unions stay up-to-date with these trends,” he said. “It’s all too easy to be left behind by emerging technologies, but when we fail to keep up we leave workers vulnerable.”
Mr Kindell said: “There’s a lot of space for union action in these cases, both in terms of preventing social-media issues from arising and in protecting workers after the fact.”
