Social media takes workplace harassment to New Levels

As if employers didn’t have enough trouble preventing harassment in the workplace, now employees have newer, faster, more subtle ways to send and receive offensive comments, photos, and videos. From smartphones to social networking sites to instant sharing and Tweeted updates, the potential for employees to make offense and take offense has increased along with new technologies.

While employees may dismiss a message as “just a joke,” employers know that employees often disagree about where joking ends and harassment begins. And an employee who claims harassment has a running record (aka great evidence) conveniently located on whatever electronic device, personal or otherwise, received the offensive messages.

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