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
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor
Managing Editor at First Reference Inc.
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B., is a trained lawyer called to the Quebec bar in 1988 and is still a member in good standing. She practiced business, employment and labour law until 1999. For over 20 years, Yosie has been the Managing Editor at First Reference. She manages the PolicyPro Human Resources and Internal Controls editions, The Human Resources Advisor editions, PaySource and the HRinfodesk news service as well as the blogs. Marie-Yosie (a.k.a. Yosie) is a recognized and respected author, with an extensive background in human resources, employment and labour across the country.
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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