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Lawson Lundell lawyer Ritu Mahil was quoted in an article by the Canadian HR Reporter about the need for employers to have a social media policy.  

Emphasising why a company should have a social media policy Ritu explained that, “You want to be in control. If your employees are engaging in online activity that could harm the company's reputation or the product or render that employee unable to perform his or her duty satisfactorily, you want to be able to turn to something and say, ‘Look, we have this in writing, you were made aware of it and there are consequences that follow.'”

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