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Again being the devils advocate......that shouldn’t really of been a reason for sacking him....the racist **** on Facebook probably is
Many employment contracts now include clauses about not bringing the employer into disrepute
I'm not sure how widely this can be construed (ie what circumstances it would cover) and how robust it might be in an employment tribunal
I do know of one case at a former employer where someone (not me before you ask!) was paid off using a settlement agreement rather than being formally sacked
It is a very tricky area and many people forget that social media ramblings are so public
Sounds like banner boy got what was due to him though
I'm not sure how widely this can be construed (ie what circumstances it would cover) and how robust it might be in an employment tribunal
I do know of one case at a former employer where someone (not me before you ask!) was paid off using a settlement agreement rather than being formally sacked
It is a very tricky area and many people forget that social media ramblings are so public
Sounds like banner boy got what was due to him though
Very little MSM coverage of last night's fun and games in Brixton, it seems the Police are cowed into retreating for fear of being racist and the MSM won't give airtime to anything that might have comebacks from BLM. A recipe for a summer of anarchy...
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I hope not or I'm in trouble.
Fear not, we have Sadiq Khan who will bring law and order back to London, as fast as you can say, "Where the **** is the Mayor of London in all this?"
It's on the main BBC page. Claims from locals that it was people from outside the area causing the trouble
Apologies - was it on your go to media source the Mail Online?
I’ll only accept it as truth when I see enough Union Jack Twitter accounts with single-digit followers report it.
Ok granted this is a non starter as it wouldn't happen, but hypothetically if someone flew a banner over a war memorial on veterans day saying all retirees should be remembered, then saying he'd apologise to ****ing no one after being made aware of the upset he would of caused, no laws broken, was clearly going to be emotive and upset people. What would you expect the publics reaction would be? Would people be upset if that person was sacked from their job? Would there be anyone suggesting that he's broken no laws so he shouldn't be sacked?
It wouldn't be that emotive. The veterans, being generally modest types from a bye-gone era, would say, sure, let's remember all retirees.
You wouldn't think the general public would go ape ****? We will never know but I'd expect a lot of comments in the mail to call for bringing back the death penalty.
Interesting example
However, I doubt that his employer would be able to sack him (at least not legally or without potentially significant compensation) as I doubt that they would be able to enforce the reputational clause (if he had one) in his contract - the key being that this wasn't aligned to discrimination legislation (wasn't racist, homophobic etc)
It is a difficult balance - where is the line drawn? The danger is that it is just used to get rid of anyone a business doesn't like rather than their being a justifiable reason (performance, gross misconduct etc)
Difficult to get outraged about that when every second person drives a German car
Except that relates to a foreign country, instead of to the big majority of the population as "White Lives Matter" does.