Code of Colorado Regulations
1100 - Department of Labor and Employment
1101 - Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (Includes 1103 Series)
7 CCR 1103-5 - SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WORKPLACE LAW RULES
5 - Exceptions to Employer Prohibitions

Universal Citation: 7 CO Code Regs 1103-5 ยง 5

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024

5.1 An employer may access information about employees and applicants that is publicly available online.

5.2 The social media and the workplace law and these rules do not prohibit an employer from requiring an employee to disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing nonpersonal accounts or services that provide access to the employer's internal computer or information systems.

5.3 The social media and the workplace law and these rules do not prevent an employer from:

a) Conducting an investigation to ensure compliance with applicable securities or financial law or regulatory requirements based on the receipt of information about the use of a personal web site, internet web site, web-based account, or similar account by an employee for business purposes; or

b) Investigating an employee's electronic communications based on the receipt of information about the unauthorized downloading of an employer's proprietary information or financial data to a personal web site, internet web site, web-based account, or similar account by an employee.

5.4 The social media and the workplace law and these rules do not prohibit an employer from enforcing existing personnel policies that do not conflict with these rules.

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