David Hencke, Westminster correspondent
Thursday August 30, 2007
The Guardian
The TUC yesterday appealed to the employers of the 3.5m Facebook users not to give them the sack for doing a bit of social networking while at their desks.
The plea follows decisions by a number of employers – the latest being Kent county council – that staff caught sending messages to their friends while they should be working would be sacked.
A guide – written by John Wood, Facebook user and the TUC’s web expert, and Sarah Veale, head of the TUC’s equalities department – warns that firms have the right to sack staff who spend hours on Facebook.