HR and Social Media: Practical and Legal Guidance - New Book, Coming Soon!

I am excited to announce that I will contribute a chapter to HR and Social Media: Practical and Legal Guidance, a groundbreaking book from Thompson Publishing... coming this summer! Jon Hyman assembled the team, and I am grateful for the opportunity. He issued this announcement earlier today, from which I will steal borrow some of the details.

First, the content:

1. Introduction: Social Media Horror Stories
2. What is Social Media?
3. Drafting the Social Media Policy
4. Using Social Media in Hiring, Recruiting, and Employee Engagement
5. Employee Privacy and Defamation
6. Confidentiality, Non-Competition Agreements, and Trade Secrets
7. Harassment, discrimination, and Retaliation
8. Discovery of Social Media in Litigation  
9. Social Media and Labor Law

I will contribute a chapter on: What is Social Media? You're probably wondering who else is on Jon's team:

• Seth Borden (Labor Relations Today; @SHBorden): writing about social media and labor law
• Molly DiBianca (Delaware Employment Law Blog; Going Paperless; @MollyDiBi): writing about privacy issues
• Jon Hyman (Ohio Employer's Law Blog, @jonhyman): writing about social media horror stories and how to draft, implement, and enforce an effective and workable social media policy
• Michael Maslanka (Work Matters; @tx_workplacelaw): writing about harassment, discrimination, and retaliation
• Eric Meyer (The Employer Handbook Blog; @Eric_B_Meyer): writing about discovery and litigation
• Philip Miles (Lawffice Space; @PhilipMiles): writing about the nuts and bolts of social media
• Rob Radcliff (Smooth Transitions; @robradcliff): writing about confidentiality, non-competition agreements, and trade Secrets
• Daniel Schwartz (Connecticut Employment Law Blog; @danielschwartz): writing about hiring, recruiting, and employee engagement

That's quite a team! And, I'm honored to be a part of it. I thank Jon for including me and can't wait to see the finished product.

Posted by Philip Miles, an attorney with McQuaide Blasko in State College, Pennsylvania in the firm's civil litigation and labor and employment law practice groups.