Can an employer dismiss due to Facebook?

摘要

Are you a small business? What are your rights as the employer when it comes to employee behaviour outside the work environment? Andrew Duff of Wilken Duff Attorneys discusses the legal ramifications behind social networking websites like Facebook.rnIn three recently reported South African legal decisions, employees were dismissed for, among other things making a rude comment about the boss; writing a derogatory statement regarding the boss's 'alleged' laziness; and for promoting a competitor's product on their Facebook page.