Man sacked for racist slurs on Facebook
I'm on the fence about this. Not knowing exactly what was said, it's hard to pass judgement but regardless of anything personal life != professional life. If you come to work, don't cause problems at work and do your job, what you do outside that is truly nobody else's business.
It don't agree with being able to fire someone for anything involving their personal life - it's almost an extension of living to work instead of working to live. A person's entire life should not revolve around work.
Personally my employees could say and do whatever the fuck they want in their own time as long as they come to work and do their job properly.
Obvious exceptions are things like criminal records but if it's not illegal, then what right does an employer have to fire someone for it? About the only time I can see it being maybe OK is if the employee deliberately makes it appear the company itself is doing/endorsing the offensive acts. If the are only representing themselves (which in their own time they are) nobody else's business.
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I'm on the fence about this. Not knowing exactly what was said, it's hard to pass judgement but regardless of anything personal life != professional life. If you come to work, don't cause problems at work and do your job, what you do outside that is truly nobody else's business.
It don't agree with being able to fire someone for anything involving their personal life - it's almost an extension of living to work instead of working to live. A person's entire life should not revolve around work.
Personally my employees could say and do whatever the fuck they want in their own time as long as they come to work and do their job properly.
Obvious exceptions are things like criminal records but if it's not illegal, then what right does an employer have to fire someone for it? About the only time I can see it being maybe OK is if the employee deliberately makes it appear the company itself is doing/endorsing the offensive acts. If the are only representing themselves (which in their own time they are) nobody else's business.
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