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Most HR professionals ban Facebook at work

OUT-LAW News, 20/11/2007

A survey of more than 300 HR professionals found that half of them have encountered or have had to discipline employees for wasting time on the internet. Two-thirds said their firms block access to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.

The research by content security firm Clearswift also found 43% of HR professionals encountering or having to discipline employees for accessing online pornography at work. Nine percent have encountered or have had to discipline employees for inappropriate content posted on social networking sites.

Forty percent of HR managers said their companies’ internet usage policy covered the use of social networking sites.

 

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