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Dismissal for offensive, non-work-related personal tweets potentially fair (EAT)
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Dismissal for offensive, non-work-related personal tweets potentially fair (EAT)
In Game Retail Ltd v Laws UKEAT0188/14, the EAT considered whether a tribunal erred in finding that an employer did not act reasonably when dismissing an employee for tweeting non-work related but offensive comments from a personal Twitter account.
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Published on 18-Dec-2014
Resource Type Legal update: archive
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