Mark asks…
Can a job look at your facebook and use it against you?
I put up Korn lyrics for my status and now I’m on paid leave and I have to see a counselor before I get the clear to come back. I think it’s so ridiculous and blown out of proportion. Is what they are doing legal?
Robin West answers:
Hello T-roy,
Yes, and they have in the past and I believe they will in the future. Anything that they can use against you will be pulled.
I don’t think it is right but on the stand point for them, I understand why they are doing it. You know you are ok, but they don’t. What else would be a better investment to insure you go to counseling?
I have known people turned down for jobs because of their facebook or myspace.
Thomas asks…
Spiritually speaking, did you know that employers look at Facebook accounts, too?
I had no idea about this either.
So if you’re out there looking for a job, be careful of what you say on your Facebook account (if you indeed have one).
By the way, for those of you who would like to put a face with the name after all these years, go look for me if you like.
-Primo
Robin West answers:
Employers don’t have privileged access to your Facebook page- or any of your networking site pages. That’s what privacy settings are for. So what you’ve said isn’t entirely true. Though it’s always a good rule of thumb to present yourself in the best way possible. To keep “what if a future employer could see my page?” in the back of your head should compel you to make your page as clean and professional as possible.
James asks…
Can an employee be legally terminated for looking for another job?
Caught him/her on Monster.com AND saw on their Facebook “wall” that they were looking. The job in question is sales, and they could take information about our clients to their next place of employment.
Robin West answers:
If they are a really good sales person and you want to keep them, now is the time to have that discussion. If they are merely ok and you don’t need them, then it is ok to fire them as long as you do not do it for a discriminatory reason.
If they are an at will employee you can fire them for any reason or no reason at all. Simply bring them in and say “thank you for your services but we no longer need your assistance so I am terminating your employment effective X date.”. Make sure you pay them for any unused vacation time. Pay severance if that is your company’s policy.
It is better to fire for no reason at all than to fire for a reason that can later be challenged as discriminatory.
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