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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue of whether an employee may use the internet/FB/social media on work time using work resources is a discrimination analysis.  If the employer has a valid social media/internet policy (i.e. cannot use internet for personal use during work time using work resources), and actually enforces said policy, then yes, an employee could be fired for posting on FB during work time.  In my experience, it is pretty easy to poke holes in an employer's claim that they have an enforced "no-personal use of internet" policy.   The vast majority of us who sit at computers all day are either explicitly permitted-- or essentially allowed-- to use the internet for personal use during the work day.  So it's pretty thin for an employer to start enforcing the policy ONLY when an employee is engaged in protected, concerted activity but not when she's using it to pay bills or order stuff on amazon.[/quote]

This is correct, it depends on what she said. If she said:

"Work sucks because they rip me off for the 80 hours I work per week," then yes, she's likely god a case. But if she's posting.

"My boss is a fucking asshole because he asks me to work off hours without telling me in advance," then screw her. She deserved to be fired.
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