How social media can be a danger for employers

By Clay Lucas
November 26 2012 - 3:00am
Logging off ... only a small percentage of people seriously overuse social media applications at work.
Logging off ... only a small percentage of people seriously overuse social media applications at work.

EMPLOYERS that give their staff free rein on social media websites risk damage to their brand, and confidential information being leaked, a workplace law expert has warned.
   
And research to be published soon on the amount of time Australian workers spend using applications such as Facebook and Twitter indicates most dip briefly in and out of them, with only a small percentage of workers seriously over-using them at work.

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