Employees continue to be terminated as a result of Facebook use

Daniel Lublin | Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 | Comments Off

Workers all over the world continue to be terminated due to their use of social networking websites like Facebook and Myspace.

A recent example comes from a worker in Switzerland who, while on sick leave because she was too ill to be in front of a computer screen, was caught logging onto her Facebook account from home. A s a result of the discovery, the employer terminated her employment, citing cause due to breach of trust.

Click here for the original BBC news article.

Daniel A. Lublin is an Employment Lawyer specializing in the law of Wrongful Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal. He can be reached at www.toronto-employmentlawyer.com or via email.