Policies on Internet use most often fall to IT department.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Surfing at Work: Half of HR managers in a recent survey said they have taken
steps to discipline employees for squandering precious production time by
browsing the Internet
– mostly for accessing pornography and other inappropriate content while on the
job. Equally worrisome is the rising popularity of Facebook,
MySpace
and other social networking sites, even though other research shows that
companies are turning to these Web sites more often as recruiting mechanisms.
The study by London-based Clearswift, which polled 300 human resource
executives, reveals that nearly two-thirds are blocking employee access to such
sites.
However, HR professionals are reacting in knee-jerk fashion. They are not
taking the lead on monitoring employees’ Internet usage, according to the
survey. That responsibility falls mostly to information technology departments,
who flag inappropriate usage and take the lead role in steering corporate
policies regarding Internet access.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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