I have been suspended from work. My crime is creating a facebook group for my team to communicate outside work.
There main problem with this is that i used the old company logo on the group, and also put the company website in the website box. Most of my team joined the group, about 30 people, including 2 of my team managers. I have been suspended for this, and it is going to be classed as gross misconduct, and could result in me loosing my job. The group was blank, no information or defamatory content against the company or anyone. They are classing it as 'Bringing the Company into Disrepute.
Another issue is that they say i am not allowed to communicate with anyone who works for the company, but that is most of my friends. My best friend works with me, and also lives in the flat above mine and we spend most of our free time together. I dont understand why we can have no contact. Can they do this? Is it not a breach of my human rights? This surely cannot be legal. Help!
2007-10-23 02:47:32 · 11 answers · asked by RikWilson 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Facebook
Thanks for your help, the facebook group was removed when was told it was a problem.
I did not and still do not see why it is such a great issue, and how i have possibly brought the company into disrepute.
I have had an initial investigatory meeting with the people who are looking into this.
This is my first and only 'offense' and i have no warnings or anything.
My suspension is until this is resolved, and has already been 2 weeks.
I am also currently off sick and have been off for 2 months, and work will not allow me to return until my condition (Narcolepsy) is under control so maybe there is something underhand going on...
I just cannot lose my job, i have a flat and a dog and my car and my life i need to look after and cannot lose my job.
I am very worried about all this. I am a Union member thankfully and have an excellent union rep, however i still worry that they are going to sack me for this.
I was not aware i was doing anything wrong, and apologized. I don't know what to do!
2007-10-23 03:19:50 · update #1
Also, this was NOT done in work time.
The logo used was not the current logo, it was the old logo found on google images. I was not aware i was doing something wrong, and unlike the comment saying i should have been working, IT WAS NOT DONE IN WORKS TIME!
2007-10-23 03:21:42 · update #2
The main problem here is that you didn't seek the companys permission to do what you did. Under employment law, this is classed as bringing the company into disrepute and is a sackable offence.
When a person is suspended from work, pending enquiry, they are NOT allowed onto the work premises and they are NOT permitted to have communication with anyone still employed by that company. This is according to employment law. Discussing this case with any of your friends or colleagues will endanger them and worsen things for you.
You need to write a Formal Statement, including all the details relating to this facebook thing and also what intentions you had. Make it absolutley clear that you had NO malice in what you did and that bringing the company into disrepute was the very LAST thing you intended.
You will require UNION respresentation at your disciplinary hearing. If you are not a Union member, you need to take someone who knows employment law.
If this is your first and ONLY offence, I strongly doubt that you will be fired. It is most likely that they will issue to you a final written warning, which will go into your personel file for a year and then is destroyed.
Good Luck
2007-10-23 03:02:06 · answer #1 · answered by Robin 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 10:22:18 · answer #2 · answered by snead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they cannot legally dictate who you can speak with outside of work. The issue is, you risk your friend's getting into trouble by testing the issue. How long is the suspension? If it's only a day or two, just tough it out. If it's a month or more, they may be trying to decide whether to fire you or not, in which case, if it were me, I'd get an attorney on retainer at the first whisper of their decision - which you would only get if someone is talking to you. Just pick someone you can trust, and no one else.
If you do get brought back in, whether you decide to return or not, have a written document explaining the facts of what you did and why - no emotion - and request it be inserted into your personnel file as an attachment to your reprimand.
2007-10-23 02:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by kbugiell 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You poor bugger, I can imagine the stress you're feeling. The problem is, everyone does it. I dont really know about employment law, but I would think that it specifically say "facebook" Myspace etc??
There was a good reply on here, saying to put it in a formal letter... I'm with them. good luck x
2007-10-24 10:29:09 · answer #4 · answered by K-9 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Call the ACAS helpline, I will come back and add the number for you ~ hopefully they can give you advise
Useful helpline numbers.
Acas Helpline answers your employment questions in one confidential phone call.
08457 47 47 47 Monday - Friday 08:00 - 18:00
08456 06 16 00
2007-10-23 02:51:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get some friends who do not belong to your work.
That "old" saying, Never mix-business-with-pleasure
is a good enough reason for anyone.
2007-10-23 02:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by peter m 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
ACAS... i would call them... and read what robin has written cause he has it right... keep us posted and
.oO GOOD LUCK Oo.
2007-10-23 03:02:49 · answer #7 · answered by doodle_bug 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess you didn't you read your employment contract.
Get a good lawyer, you're in deep ****!!!
The lawyer will answer all your legal questions.
2007-10-23 02:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Tsk, tsk, naughty boy!
2007-10-23 03:22:18 · answer #9 · answered by Autumn Breeze 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
say you are sorry and take it all of facebook
2007-10-23 02:56:21 · answer #10 · answered by dreams 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋