Find out why an employee was terminated and later reinstated
after making offensive comments about his managers on Facebook.
Does your workplace have adequate social media policies in place
for employees - and are these communicated appropriately?
The case between Linfox and its employee Glen Stutsel (which was
the subject of a previous newsletter,
click here) has gone another step. Linfox appealed against
FWA's order reinstating Mr Stutsel.
In the original case, Mr Stutsel had posted offensive comments
about two Linfox managers on his Facebook page. He knew little
about the privacy settings on his Facebook page, which had been set
up by his wife and daughter, and thought he was communicating
"privately", something akin to pub or café
chat.Unfortunately, other Linfox employees accessed his comments,
and the managers concerned were able to access them and he was
subsequently dismissed.
