Question

More and more companies are requiring their employees to provide access to all of the employee's social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest, etc. Some employers are going as far as to require employees to provide user names and passwords for each account. Do you feel that an employer has a justified reason for asking for access to an employee's social media accounts? Why or why not? Should employees be required to provide user names and passwords?

Answer 1

There are various justified reasons why an employer wants an access to employee's social media Accounts-

• Employers want to keep their employees safe and they take this responsibility very seriously and this is their part of duty also. This includes background check on employees and private safety measures
• Employers even want to check that employees who have brought into the workforce have been vetted and those employees do not have a past which pose a threat
• Through social media , employers can check the employees at personal level like ability to communicate well and how they present themselves outside.

No , employees should not require to give usernames and passwords .Even the state legislature have drawn a firm line to assure employees privacy. Nearly half of the state have passed the laws regarding not to provide username and password ,social media pages to bring into employer presence or not to change any setting so thay employer can access the social media accounts. Social media is a personal account which includes you photos, videos, blogs, text message etc providing access of it to the employer may hinder your privacy of social media accounts