Fair Measures Creates Blogging Package to Keep Employees From Getting Dooced From their Jobs

Thatís right. ìDooceî is not a typo, but a new word. According to the urban dictionary website ìdoocedî means ìto lose oneís job because of oneís website. ì Apparently, the term was created by Heather Armstrong who was fired for work -related comments on her blog ìdooce.comî And Heather is not alone. Increasingly employers are striking back against employees for postings on their blogs. Employees are being terminated for blog content ranging from risqu pictures to sharing of confidential and proprietary information. Some employers are even searching the web as part of the hiring and recruitment process.

Many employees are crying ìfoulî, but when blogs turn to discussions about work, there is huge potential legal risk. Comments in blogs about your employer, your co-workers or your job could get you fired, or even worse. Even comments not about work can get you in serious trouble, including claims of defamation, hate crimes, or invasion of privacy.

Fair Measures, Inc. has developed an Employee Blogging Package to provide guidance on this cutting edge topic and to help employee bloggers avoid getting sued, arrested or fired from their jobs. The package includes: a description of each law and how it applies to typical blog postings; a step-by-step Checklist to apply to any questionable statement; guidance on what to do if a statement could violate the law; and links to other legal resources for bloggers. Although the product focuses on work-related postings, the same information will help all bloggers avoid or reduce the legal risks associated with blogging. After all, blogging is fun, but you donít want to get dooced, sued, or go to jail!

To download the Employee Blogging Package go to: www.fairmeasures.com/products/checklists/ebp.asp.

Source: HRmarketer.com