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Regulatory bodies oversee certain professional workers,
including teachers, accountants, and many health professionals.
These regulatory bodies often impose standards of conduct on their
members, the violation of which may result in a professional worker
having their status or license with the regulatory body suspended
or revoked. Two recent decisions from the Divisional Court consider
the role of professional regulatory bodies' oversight of their
members' behaviour on the internet.
Employers who employ professional workers should be aware that
the suspension or loss of a professional status or license could
prevent those workers from performing the duties of their position.
In these circumstances, the contract of employment between
themselves and the professional worker may be frustrated, meaning
that it has become impossible for the professional worker to
perform their work.
