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Employee Privacy Rights

Duration: 90 minutes

Webinar Description

Employers need to monitor employees due to employee theft, fraud and inappropriate behavior, but you can’t cross the line of violating employee privacy. This difficult balance requires having policies in place and communication that allows for protecting the company without breaking privacy laws. How can you walk this legal tightrope and secure your company? Join us for this critical, 90-minute webinar to discover:

Your employee monitoring policy- what you can and can't look at
Employee privacy concerns - legal considerations for the workplace
Changes coming from new technology - BYOD and social media
Surveillance cameras and more - how much is too much?

AGENDA

Employee Privacy vs. Employer Monitoring: How to Walk the Tightrope
1. Workplace searches - what can be monitored and what’s off-limits
2. Providing notice - what to include in policy manuals and handbooks
3. Why Acceptable Use Policies are important and how to create them
Understanding Employees’ Right to Privacy: Getting the Legal Facts Down
1. Unpack the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and other regulations
2. Termination decisions - what constitutes "legitimate business concerns?"
3. Surveillance cameras and video monitoring - where to draw the line
Managing Personal Devices and Social Media: Challenges of New Technology
1. What employers can – and can’t – do about employee social media use
2. Personal email accounts and text messages - what can you access?
3. Addressing out-of-office online conduct - key pitfalls to avoid

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing HRCI Credit Information

This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 hours of General recertification credit hours through the HR Certification Institute. Use of the seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

Continuing SHRM Credit

SHRM Recertification Provider
Park Avenue Presentations is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 1.5 PDCs for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.

Logistics

90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
Q&A session with the expert.

This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.

What is a webinar?

A webinar is a live Internet based seminar. Webinars are a way for participants in many different locations to see and hear a presentation and view PowerPoint slides. You can also have your colleagues attend the webinar using one connection.

What kind of equipment do I need?

You will need a computer with an Internet connection (high speed service such as DSL or cable works best) and a telephone. You may listen to the webinar through your computer speakers, in which case you will not need to use a telephone connection. Internet access is not required for phone-only participants, but you will not be able to see the speaker’s slides.

How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?

CDs of each program will be available for sale and can be shared with your business associates.

Can I get a copy of the PowerPoint slides used in the webinar?

The PowerPoint slides will be available on the materials page link in the confirmation email that will be sent to you no later than the morning of the day a webinar is presented.

How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?

A question and answer session will be scheduled at the end of each webinar. You can then ask a question by typing it into the question box that will be provided to you duringthe webinar. You may also ask a question through the telephone connection. As many questions as possible will be answered during the Question and Answer period.