With today’s internet age and use of Facebook and Twitter widely used from both a personal and business perspective, there are many advantages. However, what will you do as an employer if you found negative comments which you suspected was by one of your own employees? This may invovle detailing incidents or situations that have occurred at work, comments made about a manager, the owner of the business or if pictured in an activity. The impact on the business's reputation could be major.
You should act quickly to collect evidence and identify the author, before taking action to have the comment removed.
You may feel it’s appropriate to claim damages for defamation. However, the likely course of action may be disciplinary action against the employee who posted the comment. Assuming the matter may be potentially serious and employment terminated, it’s important to follow the correct dismissal process to avoid any potential unfair dismissal claim.
If you find yourself in this situation, we would recommend you contact your Ansa HR Consultant at the earliest opportunity so they can work with you through the process.
Call us on 01948 519151 or email us at [email protected] to arrange a free review your social media and disciplinary policies.
Ansa HR Consultants is an independent HR Consultancy providing Human Resources, Employment Law, Health and Safety, Training and Recruitment to businesses in the North West. Call us on 01948 519151, email [email protected] for further information on our services or please visit our website at www.ansahr.co.uk for further HR news articles.
Ansa HR Consultants is led by James, who has worked at Board and senior HR positions within the UK and Europe. James is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and trained in Employment Law at Northumbria…
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