The IAFF Internet Manual: The Law and the Internet for IAFF Affiliates

January 3, 2010 -- The IAFF has developed a new resource for affiliate leaders on the legal rights and responsibilities of members, officers and affiliates – and employers – when it comes using online media.

As more and more members blog, text, tweet, Facebook, Meetup, post, email, or g-chat, the legal and workplace pitfalls of those activities are becoming a critical battleground. Communicating with members using these media also presents legal concerns for affiliates and their officers.

The new IAFF Internet Manual is in question-and-answer format to help educate officers on these ever-developing issues.

Topics covered include:

• Online voting
• Employer Internet and social media policies
• Employee privacy
• Web and bulletin board hosting
• Discipline for online activity

The Internet Manual is download-only, and available to any affiliate officer registered on the IAFF web site. To download the “The Law and the Internet for IAFF Affiliates,” click here.