A of an employee, his Twitter and Linkedin contacts were asked to be deleted or transferred to the company, because they were also company property, weren't they? A distinction was immediately made in the discussion between the platforms - while for LinkedIn as a business network it may still be acceptable for most to go through the contact list with the employer, there is often an indignant reaction when the employer asks the same for Twitter. Twitter feels very personal - and besides: how can you 'throw away' people there? But what if you have 5000 followers, change jobs and take all those followers with you to your new employer...? The reality check comes from the audience: in 'real' life you don't break off contacts because you change employers, do you?
Emmie and Lara indicate that there is already case law on this, that it can sometimes be a violation of your brother cell phone list elationship clause in your employment contract. But a distinction must be made between the systematic removal or addition of contacts, the date on which you do this and a personal blog or Twitter where the person is more important than the company you work for. According to them, new legislation is not necessary, because the current legislation is in principle sufficient. In addition, you often have something included in your employment contract about confidentiality, so that most of it is already arranged in the contract when you enter into employment.
Roos adds that employers are often still in defensive mode; in her eyes they should learn to see the power of connected employees. Use their network, their shared knowledge, and see them and their 'connectedness' not so much as PR for the company. Another interesting question was: does a Klout score become part of the recruitment process for a new job? Or the number and type of followers you have? Which potential employees do you want to bind to you as an employer?
Yet everyone notices that there is a need for a social media policy in organizations, if only to be able to take the first steps online as an employee. People are looking for clarity and frameworks and such a policy creates freedom to do something.