Great Britain: ACAS releases its first guide on the use of social networks at work

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allegedly, employees using the internet and social networks is costing the British economy billions of pounds each year and more and more conflicts arise from the dilution between private and professional life. For the first time, ACAS, the employment relations body, released an employers’ guide on the need to draw up appropriate internal policies. (Ref. 110528)


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The Institute for Employment Studies, commissioned by ACAS, tried to
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