Workplace Social Media Issues
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Speaker : Bob Oberstein
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When : Tuesday, January 06, 2026
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Time : 01 : 00 PM EST
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Bob Oberstein is uniquely qualified with over 50
years of resolving conflicts in the workplace (both sides of the Labor
Relations table in both the private and public sectors as mediator,
arbitrator and special master), community, family and civil disputes and
is the recipient of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Director's Award for lifetime achievement in promoting positive Labor
Management Relations. Bob was also the Director of the Labor Management
Relations BA and certificate programs at Ottawa University, Phoenix
where he developed and taught negotiations and conflict Resolution
related courses on both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Bob has
several published articles to his credit in addition to his arbitration
awards and has also been recognized in Who’s Who Among America’s
Teachers as well as in “Who’s Who in America.” Additionally, Bob has
served on several boards, commissions, and panels where he participated
in resolving or adjudicating all manner of workplace issues in a variety
of industries. Bob also continues his work with students as a coach for
a local Law school’s mediation and negotiation competition teams and a
judge for their internal competitions as well as for international
competitions in both negotiations and mediation. Moreover, Bob also
holds a Master of Jurisprudence in Labor and Employment Law from Tulane
University's School of Law. Bob has and continues to serve the labor
management community as well as other groups as an Arbitrator, Mediator,
Facilitator, Investigator, Trainer and Educator.
It's a lot more than just "sexting" or visiting inappropriate websites! Do you have a social media policy? Are employees aware of it, and have they been trained in its proper application? Is your social media policy aligned with all your other policies and/or collective bargaining agreement(s), the National Labor Relations Act (Section 7 Rights), and/or your state and local labor and employment laws, and the Federal Trade Commission's regulations? Does your social media policy protect individual rights regarding confidentiality and the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech? If you recruit using social media, are you in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act? Does it protect copyrights, trademarks, intellectual property, and trade secrets? Are your "take down" protocols adequate? Who owns an employee's social media account(s) and what happens when they exit the organization? If you don’t know the answers to at least these fundamental questions, then this webinar is for you so you can protect your organization, its employees, and all stakeholders.
Areas Covered
- Defining the many types and uses of social media
- The importance of having a social media policy
- Why your social media policy must comport with all other policies as well as the law
- Social media in both organized (union) and un-organized and public as well as private sector workplaces
- Social media and the:
o 1st Amendment (freedom of speech)
o National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
o Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
o Copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets
o Right of Publicity - Plain language v legal format for your policy
- Blog moderation policies
- State statutes
- Social media account passwords
- Recruiting with social media
- Digital legacy (who owns the social media account and its content)
- Take down policies
- Monitoring your social media policy and the organization’s social media activity
Who Should Attend
All levels of Managers, Supervisors, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Attorney’s, and Union Officers/Representatives/Stewards, all levels of Law Enforcement or Security staff.
Why Should You Attend
Does your social media or other policies require employees to be respectful, not release confidential information, not engage in threats, communicate professionally, and/or be fair and courteous? Although these certainly look innocent enough, and regardless of whether you do or don’t have a social media Policy, these probably exist in some fashion within your expectations for employees. However, the problem is that all 5 of these would likely, regardless of if there is a Union or not, based on National Labor Relations Board guidance for Social Media policies, be ruled as Unfair Labor Practices or unlawful. Plus, when you consider that all it takes is just one similar misstep with your social media policy to also violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations, State Attorney General’s Office, or local ordinances, and several privacy laws, it makes attending this webinar mandatory for future compliance in your workplace.
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$160.00
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