(Editor’s Note: Want to see complete highlights and resource links from this week’s #TChat events? Read the recap: “The Social Workplace: Nowhere To Hide.” )
For better or worse, much of today’s world of work now plays out on a relatively open, social stage . Many of us — employers, employees and job candidates alike — welcome this as progress. However, it also raises core legal questions about transparency and confidentiality on all sides of the employment equation.
It’s like a scene from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. How do you know if you’re openly exchanging too much information ? Too little? Or just the right amount? What business practices are accepted in your organization? What does common sense tell you? And what would a lawyer do?
Fortunately for the TalentCulture community, a smart, HR-savvy attorney is in the #TChat house this week to advise us about these issues!
Our guest expert this week is Mary Wright, Ogletree Deakins , a premier employment litigation firm, and founding Editor of HR Gazette , a daily online newspaper for HR professionals and employment lawyers.
To kick-off this week’s conversation, I spoke briefly with Mary in a G+ Hangout, where she explained why it’s time to recast “privacy rights” workplace issues in a more positive light:
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#TChat Events: Transparency vs. Privacy in the World of Work
This promises to be an enlightening week for HR and recruiting professionals, as well as employees and job seekers everywhere. So join us with your questions, concerns, ideas and opinions!
#TChat Radio — Wed, Sep 25 — 6:30pmET / 3:30pmPT
Tune-in to the #TChat Radio show Our hosts, Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman talk with Mary Wright about legal issues and implications surrounding privacy in the workplace — from the perspective of employers as well as employees and job candidates. Tune-in to the interview LIVE online, and call-in with your comments and questions!
#TChat Twitter — Wed, Sep 25 — 7pmET / 4pmPT
Immediately following the radio show, we’ll move the discussion to the #TChat Twitter stream , for an open chat with the entire TalentCulture community. Anyone with a Twitter account is invited to participate, as we address these questions:
Q1: What does transparency and privacy in the workplace mean to you?Q2: Are transparency and privacy essential to orderly and efficient workplaces?Q3: What are the most common legal mistakes employers and employees make with one another?Q4: What can business leaders do to balance the two and avoid legal trouble?Q5: How does technology enable and hinder transparency and privacy in the workplace?
Throughout the week, we’ll keep the discussion going on the #TChat Twitter feed and on our LinkedIn Discussion Group . So please join us share your questions, ideas and opinions.
We’ll see you on the stream!
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