Your right to privacy doesn't necessarily protect the statements you make online.
Your right to privacy doesn’t necessarily protect the statements you make online.
The dismissal of employees based on their online behavior has become a hot topic of discussion in South Africa. Many companies have introduced social media law policies that draw a line between appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Some employees have burnt their fingers and ended job jobless after failing to bite their tongues online.Is it legal to fire someone based on a social media post?in 2011, two employees badmouthed their boss on Facebook. They were fired and appealed against this with the CCMA. The commission found that the employees had rightfully been fired.
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