An employer has been left red-faced after a member of staff accidentally e-mailed a potential customer calling him a “cheeky f*****”. What simple rule would have prevented its public humiliation?
Published 14.05.2015
A robust e-mail and Internet policy will go a long way to stopping employees from wasting your time. But, as a recent tribunal case shows, having one could also protect your reputation. So what’s the
latest news?
Published 24.03.2010
Whilst there’s no legally defined list, many actions that employees take can be deemed gross misconduct. But what about inaction or doing nothing - can that also amount to gross misconduct?
Published 09.02.2017
An employee has been sacked for sending an e-mail to a colleague which started “Hi Hash brown”. He blamed this on the auto correct facility, but the employer decided it was racially motivated. Can
typos be grounds for dismissal?
Published 18.12.2019
Although a work e-mail address should be used for business purposes only, many employees think that they can be treated just like a personal e-mail account. As this could land you in hot water,
what’s the answer?
Published 22.09.2014
In two recent cases, employers had each dismissed an employee for comments they’d made on Facebook about their workplaces. At the tribunal, one lost but the other successfully defended its decision.
So how did it win?
Published 07.11.2011
In Game Retail Ltd v Laws 2014 the employee claimed that he was unfairly dismissed for posting offensive comments on Twitter. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now heard the case. What can we learn
from its ruling?
Published 30.01.2015
In some cases you might suspect that an employee who is leaving is helping themselves to your confidential business information. Does this give you the right to look through their work e-mail account
and cloud storage?
Published 13.06.2019
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that an employer didn’t infringe an employee’s human rights when it read personal e-mails. Does this mean you can read all personal e-mails on your IT
system?
Published 01.02.2016