Employees Can’t Be Fired For Surfing Porn On The Job

Employees can’t be fired for surfing porn on the job. That’s the judgement of a court which has ruled that an employer who fired two employees caught surfing the Web for porn on company time must not only reinstate them, but must pay each of them an award of $40,000 for unfair dismissal.

Okay, got that? The employees are viewing online pornography on the job, presumably to the exclusion of their other duties, and the employer can’t fire them. In fact, if the employer does fire them, it would be unfair dismissal and grounds for legal action.

If this sounds great to you, first of all, shame on you. And second, you’ll need to…

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