On July 18, 2025, your UPE bargaining team met with the department to discuss a new policy regarding social media and the content that employees can and cannot post on their social media platforms.
The department does not want employees to post, without express consent, themselves in uniform on or off the job, or anything that could be considered derogatory towards the County, the department, and/or coworkers. Additionally, employees are not to use verbiage that can be misconstrued as the employee being a spokesperson for the department.
UPE asked how one posting on social media could “impede the performance of duties?” To which the department stated by posting on social media during work hours. UPE asked the department to clarify that in the policy. The team also asked the department to clarify or create a link to, under the legal issues section of the policy, what “other third-party rights” they are referring to.
The County stated that they would consult with County Counsel and request that either a hyperlink be created to the other third-party rights or examples be provided. They will get back to UPE next week with the final policy details.
Thank you for your advocacy, Jennifer Avalo and Zack Kollross
