Set your privacy protections on social media otherwise you can be sacked!
In the case of Stutsel v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd [2011] FWA 8444, Mr Stutsel, an employed truck driver, was summarily dismissed on grounds of serious misconduct due to a racially derogatory and sexist posting uploaded to his Facebook profile. Mr Stutsel’s comments were brought to Linfox’s attention not by his Facebook friends, but by…