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March 19, 2018

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
Out of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal

Misconduct, Policies and Procedures, Termination of Employment, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Investigations Facebook, Misconduct, Out of Hours Conduct, Social Media

The Fair Work Commission has upheld a company’s decision to dismiss an employee, after the employee sent a pornographic video to a number of his colleagues through the Facebook Messenger app. The employee was employed by a large container terminal operator as a stevedore. He was dismissed, with payment in lieu of notice, some 10 […]

November 22, 2016

Social media use in the workplace back in the spotlight

Archive Dismissal, Facebook, Investigation, Social Media

After a recent ‘drought’ of cases relating to social media in the workplace, there are two recent decisions in the Fair Work Commission that will be of interest to employers. Both recent cases involve dismissals that relate to the relevant Applicants making controversial contributions on Facebook, albeit in very different circumstances. The ISIS case Background […]

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EMPLOYMENT UPDATEOut of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

Out of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal

Social media use in the workplace back in the spotlight

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
Out of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal