Smart Policies for Workplace Technologies: Email, Blogs, Cell Phones & More

Every new device that promises to make our lives easier brings with it the risk of misuse -- whether accidental or intentional. That's why it's so important that any business that employs both people and computers create a safe and sensible policy for the appropriate use of technologies in the workplace.

Smart Policies for Workplace Technologies provides the tools employers need to assess your current policies' effectiveness, along with information on how to draft or revise, then distribute and enforce your new customized policies.

Protect your business with a policy that addresses:

. protection of trade secrets
. customer, employer and employee privacy
. communicating with employees regarding privacy policy
. management of electronic documents and tools
. limiting liability for employee misconduct
. conserving company resources

Smart Policies for Workplace Technologies keeps your business safe, online and off. It's been fully updated to include the latest statistics, legal rules, and information about workplace technology, including developments at the federal level.

Lisa Guerin, an editor and author specializing in employment law, is author or co-author of several Nolo books, including The Manager's Legal Handbook, Dealing with Problem Employees, The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws, Workplace Investigations, Create Your Own Employee Handbook, and Nolo's Guide to California Law. Guerin has practiced employment law in government, public interest, and private practice where she represented clients at all levels of state and federal courts and in agency proceedings. She is a graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. Guerin's blog on lessons learned by employers and HR professionals on everything from hiring and firing to performance and discipline can be found at Nolo's Employment Law Blog.