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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read November 11, 2011

Another example of how Facebook comments can jeopardize an employee’s job

A first-grade teacher in New Jersey could lose her job following a questionable Facebook post. While this story comes out of the US, the lessons can apply to workplaces located in Canada.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Privacy / consistent monitoring and enforcement of policy, context, facebook, Facebook firing, inexusable, lose her job, off-duty posting on Facebook, online comments, questionable Facebook post, social media, social media policy, stuck by a student, teacher, terminated

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read July 19, 2010

Online indiscretions… well, you know the story

We've heard a bunch of stories over the past year about companies firing or not hiring employees, or challenging their claims of illness, over inappropriate online behaviour, particularly comments and photos posted on Facebook and other social networking websites. While the media have made a big deal of these cases, none has had the profile of CNN's recent firing of Middle East correspondent, Octavia Nasr. The US news giant felt Nasr had compromised her credibility by publicly tweeting her respect for a prominent Islamic cleric on his death. The Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah had ties to controversial political action group Hezbollah.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employment Standards / CNN, employee relations, employment contract, employment relationship, employment standards, facebook, Octavia Nasr, online comments, social networking, termination, termination with cause, twitter

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