Employees: Are your social media posts private?
“Privacy, like other rights, is not absolute” (extract from judgment below) Our courts have made it clear that posting derogatory or damaging comments about your employer or colleagues on social media can amount to misconduct and result in disciplinary action, perhaps even dismissal. A recent High Court decision of Harvey v Niland and Others (5021/2015) [2015] ZAECGHC 149, although it concerned a members’ dispute rather than a disciplinary action, highlights a particular danger in this regard: Your Social Media posts aren’t necessarily as private and hidden from your employer’s prying eyes as you think they are. A hunter hunted -…