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Use of social media policy

This model policy sets out an organisation’s approach to the use of social media by employees, including expectations around conduct, confidentiality and appropriate use. It helps employers manage social media use consistently and mitigate potential risks.

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By Jo Broadbent, Hogan Lovells Counsel Knowledge Lawyer | Stephen Simpson, Principal Editor

Use this model policy to provide guidance for employees on how they should use social media in the workplace.

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About the author

Jo Broadbent

Counsel Knowledge Lawyer, Hogan Lovells

Jo Broadbent is a counsel knowledge lawyer in the employment team at law firm Hogan Lovells. In addition to keeping clients and the team up to date with legal developments, she has extensive experience of developing and presenting internal and external client training courses and workshops.

Jo is a former chair of the Employment Lawyers Association training committee. She is a co-author of the book “Informing and consulting employees: the new law” and frequently writes articles for the HR and legal press. She has a particular interest in shared parental leave and other family-friendly rights.

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Stephen Simpson, Acting content manager - employment law and compliance at Brightmine

Stephen Simpson
Principal Editor – Employment Law and Compliance, Brightmine

Stephen is a principal editor who has worked on the Brightmine employment law and leading practice resources for over 20 years. After growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, he trained as a solicitor in England in the 1990s but soon moved into legal publishing. He was among the first recruits to Brightmine in the year before it was launched as XpertHR in 2002.

Stephen has worked on a wide range of employment law and leading practice resources, including overseeing the creation and expansion of the HR templates resource types (Policies and procedures, Letters and forms, and Contract clauses). He has written up over 1,000 reports on employment law cases and created practical guidance on a range of HR issues for the Commentary & insights tool. He also had a stint working on Personnel Today.

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