Liking A Facebook Post Could Get You Fired
More Than Your Job's Worth
Social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter are the ideal place to go on a rant about things going wrong in your life. The barista at Starbucks misspelled your name? Let's post it on Facebook. Your train was a few minutes late? Let's post in on Facebook. You get the drift. However, when something goes wrong in your place of work what is the protocol for posting about it on Facebook? What happens if your employer sees it? Could you get fired?Employees at Triple Play Sports Bar in America recently found out the answer to that question. These employees learnt that they owed more in income tax than they expected because of a mistake Triple Play Sport Bar made. This issue was discussed at work and employee's concerns were taken into consideration.
The next day, both of them turned up to work to find out they had been fired. Even the person who had liked the Facebook post, something you do sometimes without thinking, was fired from their job. Obviously both sued Triple Play Sports Bar for unlawful termination. The National Labor Relations Board sided with the employees and Triple Play had to give them their jobs back. This has shown that even do something as little as liking a Facebook could get you fired.
Laura is a recent graduate from University of East Anglia in Film and Television Studies, currently interning as a content writer but hoping to one day live off her writing. Follow her @LauraAtSMF.
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Liking A Facebook Post Could Get You Fired
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