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[quote=Anonymous]He has no leg to stand on that there is any reasonable complaint.  Your words of caution are reasonable.  HR is required to have a meeting with you to address a formal complain lodged, which he has done.  It sounds as if this is a mere formality.  It will all be documented and nothing will happen unless there are further or escalating incidents.  For example, if, as he says there are no details in the internet usage guidelines about job hunting while on the job, he should be restricted.  Your reprimand was a behavior guideline of a direct report supervisor, which, within reason is allowed.  However, if you end up including this behavior as part of his annual performance review, then it could be considered retaliation and unfair treatment.

Also note that browsing for jobs is not a violation of most companies' policies.  However, applying for jobs is.  Most companies will state that limited personal use is allowed.  However, an employee may not use company resources for personal gain.  So, employees are not allowed to run side businesses using their company IT assets (email address, web pages, even Internet).  And employees should certainly not be applying for positions using company resources.   Browsing and applying for jobs are sufficiently different that in most companies, the former, while inappropriate is allowed, but the latter is not.[/quote]

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