Employment Workplace Relations

Director, Philip Brewin is a specialist in Workplace Relations and heads our Workplace Relations Work Group.

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

More on social medial and out of hours activity

Recently I wrote about social media and how what employees do with them after hours can affect employment. The decision in Pearson v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd [2014]FWC 446 confirms that where an employer’s reputation or the security of its enterprise are at stake, this is certainly true. Having learnt its lesson from the experience with Mr Stutsel, see [2011] FWA 944 and [2012] FWAFB 7097, Linfox implemented a social media policy and gave...