ADVICELEGAL
Unwanted conduct =
harassment.
Adding colleagues to your
social media network is
becoming the norm, and the
office is increasingly a place
where romantic partners
meet. However, flirty text
messages and risqué
snapchat messages are not
always welcome. Likewise,
those off-colour jokes don’t
sit well with everyone.
Harassment is where
unwanted conduct, whether
of a sexual nature or related
to a protected characteristic,
creates a working
environment that that is
offensive, hostile, humiliating
or intimidating to work in.
Therefore, your employer can
take disciplinary action
against you (or a colleague)
in this situation. If you are
receiving messages from a
colleague, then do turn to
your employer for help if you
are made to feel
uncomfortable.
Don’t be this girl.
A few years ago a facebook
post from a girl known as
Lindsay went viral for all the
wrong reasons. Lindsay had
posted a status which said,
"My boss is a total pervvy
*****, always making me do
**** stuff to **** me off!"
Her boss got the final word
by replying directly to the
status:
"Firstly, don't flatter
yourself. Secondly, you've
worked here 5 months and
didn't you work out that I'm
gay? Thirdly, that '**** stuff'
is called your 'job', you
know, what I pay you to do.
But the fact that you seem to
be able to **** up the
simplest of tasks might
contribute to how you feel
about it.
using social media well
certainly help avoid any
difficult situations especially
when it comes to work.
"And lastly, you also seem to
have forgotten that you have
2 weeks left on your 6 month
trial period. Don't bother
coming in tomorrow.
"I'll pop your P45 in the post
and you can come in
whenever you like to pick up
any stuff you've left here.
And yes, I'm serious."
If there is one thing that will
have hurt Lindsay more than
receiving her P45, is the fact
that the whole world seemed
to enjoy her boss getting his
own back.
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