Home topics technology technology-social-media HR Small Business Social Media HR What your SMB needs to know about social media compliance in the workplace in 2017 Sarah Mateljan January 18, 2017 Over 15.8 million Australians are on social media , and 57% of them are active on social media at least once a day. Whether or not your business has a social media presence, it’s likely your employees do. With this in mind, it’s important you keep up to date with current trends and potential issues relating to social media use by your business and your employees. As we enter 2017, here’s what employers and employees should understand about social media in the workplace. For the employer 1. Have a robust, up-to-date social media policy and social media compliance training As social media continues to evolve, be sure to keep your workplace policies up to date. A robust social media policy should cover, at a minimum, what constitutes proper and improper use of social media by employees, and what disciplinary action may be taken as a result of improper use. Once your social media policy has been successfully updated, ensure all new and existing staff have undertaken social media compliance training and understand the policy – including any recent changes. There have been many cases in the past few years where an employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for inappropriate social media use was found to be justified because they had an existing social media policy and compliance training, so don’t