Social Media and the Workplace – What Standards can you Insist on in Relation to Social Media in the Workplace?
Published on: 02/06/2023
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Seamus McGranaghan Director – Commercial, Education, Employment & Licensing, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
Seamus McGranaghan Director – Commercial, Education, Employment & Licensing, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
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Seamus McGranaghan qualified as a Solicitor in O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors in 2003 and is an experienced Commercial Lawyer dealing with employment, commercial and education cases.

He has experience in the Industrial Tribunal representing both Claimants and Respondents and has provided seminars in relation to particular areas of employment law. Seamus is the only member of the Education and Law Association in Northern Ireland. He specialises in advising schools and colleges on policy matters, employment issues and student welfare. He is also responsible for the Education Law Quarterly Review.

In addition to having contributed at Legal Island’s Education Updates since 2010, Seamus in association with Legal Island provides a live “Employment Law @ 11” webinar on the first Friday of each month, dealing with all aspects of Employment law affecting Northern Irish employers.

Christine:  But first things first, we've got a little bit of work for you guys today. If we can have a look at some of the polls. We've got Maria in the background doing all the technical stuff thankfully, so we don't have to. So, let's have a look at the polls there, Maria.

So, the first one, "Does your organisation have a social media policy?" You can click yes or no.

Social media was one of the first topics that Seamus talked about back in 2017, which it must have been a completely different world back then for social media. You can't really imagine everyone debating a sports presenter tweeting back in 2017.

So, 74% of people have said

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