Using the Internet and email at work

The Attorney General has published guidance to help prevent social media users from committing a contempt of court on Twitter recently. However,  the AG only has circa 5,000 followers on Twitter, but the guidance is also available at  available on the Government Website .  (This guidance has previously only been issued to print and broadcast media outlets on a "not for publication" basis.)  They are designed to make sure that a fair trial takes place and warn people that comment on a particular case needs to comply with the Contempt of Court Act 1981.

The Attorney General decided to publish the notes because blogs and social media sites now make it possible for individuals to publish information widely with a single tweet or post, whereas previously only the mainstream media were able to make information regarding a court case available to a large group of people.

I have updated my previous article on this subject which explains the risks that a business and its employees should be aware of when using the internet and e-mail at work, sending work-related e-mails or discussing the workplace on the internet.

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Online and e-mail risks: be aware, be vary aware!

There are risks that all businesses and their employees should be aware of when using e-mail and the internet at work, sending work related e-mails or discussing the workplace on the internet.

Garden Leave - when can a business implement it?

What is garden leave?

When an employee decides to leave employment or where the employer decides that the employee should leave, the business might want to stop the employee from performing their regular duties immediately.

Shareholder Agreements - is there really a need?

Shareholder Agreements are essential in any Company, even more so when some or all of members are in the same family. 

Not only do more disagreements arise within a family company, they tend to assume monumental proportions because of the emotional relationships between the parties. Any head of a family company must consider the problems of succession but that is the subject of a future article.

In all Companies,