Dismissed for their social media posts
01/02/2023
Dismissed for their social media posts
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Dismissing workers for their social media activity?
Our colleague Marta Del Campo Jiménez, lawyer at Lener's Employment Division, participates in a report published by Alberto Muñoz in El Periódico de España in which she addresses the dismissals of workers for their posts on social networking sites.
In these situations, Marta clarifies that "the company can adopt disciplinary measures against the worker if the content they publish on their social networks entails homophobic, racist views..., but also if the latter criticises the company, has been created during working hours or can be linked to the brand".
Furthermore, even if controversial posts are published from an account closed to the public, this does not guarantee its owner's protection: “the fact the profile is closed to the public does not have to be an impediment to being sanctioned; if the company has reached that content legitimately, it will be equally valid as proof for any possible sanction, including dismissal,” in Marta's words.
