On October 22, 2010, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board upheld the firing of two employees by a car dealership over comments they posted on Facebook about their employer. The lawyer for the employer stated to the Vancouver Province that he believes this is the first Facebook firing case to be heard in Canada.
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Yosie Saint-Cyr
First Reference Human Resources and Compliance Managing Editor
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This kind of thing is happening more and more. Here is a case in the US where even though the company had a policy in place, the terminated employee is still claiming they were wrongfully dismissed. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=2565&tag=nl.e101