The impact of social media on employment claims was a hot topic at the most recent International Conference of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society in San Antonio.
During a panel discussion titled “EPLI Watch Out! Hidden Risks of Employment Discrimination Claims,” Mercedes Colwin, managing partner for Gordon & Rees in New York, opened the discussion with a video presentation, the highlight of which was a frequently viewed YouTube posting—the one showing Burger King employees taking a bath in a utility sink.
Not all her examples were that revolting (okay—the Domino's pizza worker stuffing cheese up his nose had a similar effect), but the common thread was that each video “was filmed during work hours,” she observed, stressing the need for companies to put multimedia- and Internet-usage policies in place.
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