In class we discussed the issues of employers checking up on their perspective employees by using Facebook to get a more personal look into the lives of the people who they might employ.
An invasion of privacy? An unnecessary step that transcends the relationship between employer and employee and the interview process? Perhaps...
But what happens when Facebook is used on an everyday basis as factual evidence, evidence that can be used against you in the work place.
We all have pictures on Facebook that we wouldn't necessarily share with our Grandparents, but what happens if this information is used against you.
I read an article a few months back of an Australian employee who took a sick day (the company need not know it was because he was hung over) however, his manager saw on his Facebook status that he was playing hookie from work because he was "still trashed".
Is this too far? Should the manager turn a blind eye? As his contract states that he does not need medical note for missing one day of work...
The article can be read here.
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