Can employers ban staff from using Facebook at work?

A recent string of news stories about the use of social networking site Facebook in the workplace has raised questions over how far employers can govern what their employees do on the internet.

Last week, an Argos employee was sacked for criticising the company on Facebook. According to an article in The Sun, Tom Beech set up a thread entitled: "I work at Argos and can't wait to leave because it's sh*t”. Beech’s managers at Argos then instructed him to shut down his posting... (509 more words)

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