Employees’ Rights, Obligations Pitfalls in Litigation_ Reflections

Our workforce cans create challenges for employers in managing employee relations. The way an employer respond to and investigate internal complaints of things like harassment, discrimination and other misconduct and allegations can have a very serious impact legally. The company is one who should be in charge of the way the office and the way employees behave in the workplace. The computers are the property of the company and that is why its employees should not do anything improper when using the company’s computers. Using E-mail etiquette is very important in the workplace. This is a very convenient way to talk to someone who may not want to be disturbed by telephone. This is also a way to make mistakes by sending e-mails that are inappropriate or even personal to be read by others for one reason or another. E-mail should not be used for personal use in the office. When working in an office, you represent the office and online laws apply online and off line. Also, when surfing the internet we should be careful not to go to adult online site that violate company’s rules. Employees should not visit popular site like face-book and eBay during office hours and on the company’s computer. Work and the social network should remain separate in the office for many reasons.