Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Can You Be Fired for What You Post on Facebook?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/07/getting_fired_for_what_you_post_on_facebook.html
It may become easier for overbearing employers to control what their workers say online.
By Josh Eidelson|Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at 4:40 PM ET
Can you get fired for what you post on Facebook?
Photograph by Thinkstock.
On a Saturday morning in October 2010, Mariana Cole-Rivera, a domestic violence advocate at the group Hispanics United of Buffalo, began the Facebook thread that would get her fired. She wrote, Lydia Cruz, a coworker feels that we dont help our clients enough at HUB. I about had it! My fellow coworkers how do you feel?
Within minutes, HUB colleagues began posting supportive comments. What the Hell, wrote one, we dont have a life as is, What else can we do???
I think we should give our paychecks to our clients so they can pay the rent, said another, also we can take them to their Drs appts, and served as translators (oh! We do that).
By Tuesday, Cole-Rivera and four of the co-workers whod responded to her had lost their jobs. Their boss said their Facebook thread violated HUBs harassment policy by disparaging a co-worker. The workers took their case to the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency charged with interpreting and enforcing U.S. labor law. A judge sided with them, but now the case is on appeal, and its poised to help answer a question for the socially networked era: Which Facebook posts can get you fired? As more and more of our daily speech migrates online, business groups are hoping that the NLRB will make it easier for employers to control that speech. It shouldnt.
FULL story at link.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
4 replies, 2513 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (2)
ReplyReply to this post
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Can You Be Fired for What You Post on Facebook? (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jul 2012
OP
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)1. What can you say over the back fence or sitting at the bar?
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)2. Say it diamonds, say it with mink; never, never, say it with ink.
I think that was Groucho Marx, 50 years ago and I guess it still applies.
soc7
(53 posts)3. If you're stupid enough to go bashing your boss or company
in a public, online forum - you're probably too stupid to be working there....
Monaque22
(26 posts)4. where I work absolutely
will result in instant dismissal