The TUC yesterday appealed to the employers of the 3.5m Facebook users not to give them the sack for doing a bit of social networking while at their desks.A guide – written by John Wood, Facebook user and the TUC’s web expert, and Sarah Veale, head of the TUC’s equalities department – warns that firms have the right to sack staff who spend hours on Facebook.Firms could also use indiscreet personal information on their public site against anyone applying for promotion or a new job.But Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, urged firms not take such drastic action. “Simply cracking down on use of new web tools like Facebook is not a sensible solution to a problem which is only going to get bigger.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/30/news.tradeunions
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/article2351444.ece