Let’s start with what we know: After a dispute with her supervisor, an employee, Dawnmarie Souza, made disparaging remarks about the supervisor on her Facebook page. In response to this status update, other employees of American Medical Response of Connecticut, posted comments supporting Ms. Souza and criticizing the supervisor. American Medical subsequently fired Ms. Souza, claiming she had violated company policy, which disallowed any employee from depicting the company in any way on social media websites without permission.
When Are Facebook Updates a Firing Offense?
Let’s start with what we know: After a dispute with her supervisor, an employee, Dawnmarie Souza, made disparaging remarks about the supervisor on her Facebook page. In response to this status update, other employees of American Medical Response of Connecticut, posted comments supporting Ms. Souza and criticizing the supervisor. American Medical subsequently fired Ms. Souza, […]
November 10, 2010