Can your company make you change anything on your linkedin profile legally?

ElizabethB: Can your company make you change anything on your linkedin profile legally?
My company is asking me to change my “my company website” link to the actual company I work for, however, I have an internet business I have it linked to. Can they actually, legally, make me change the link to their domain?

Answers and Views:

Answer by rtfm
Nope, they sure can’t.

They probably can, however, legally fire you. (Whether they actually would or not is another story. You’ll have to judge for yourself how important this is to them, and why.)

Answer by daisydmb22
Well, I do know that when you work for a company, they can have you sign documents saying that you won’t have any other job that affects your ability to work to the best of your ability for them (i.e., not take a second job that affects you or your main job), so for that reason, it is possible. Can’t you put your internet business link in another spot? I would recommend using a different site for that. LinkedIn is very much business world related, and i know my company routinely searches it to make sure nothing bad against the company is posted.

Answer by David Z
probably can. you are providing innacurate information that affects your employer.

that website can be designated in some other way. If you are reporting your employer but indicating their website as something else I think they have right to ask you to correct it.

Change designation to “my website.”

Answer by GeekEpic
That is your space, that is basically owned by you. However, it can cause some ill feelings if you don’t promote your company. LinkedIn offers you three links that you can use as you see fit. I would suggest using one for their company and the other two for yours.

Here is a tutorial on how you can setup your LinkedIn profile to pass link value to your website. Hope this helps!