Caroline Flack | How should bosses react to out-of-hour scandals?

How an employee acts outside of their working hours can greatly impact their career; if a staff member has been found to be openly racist for example, this may result in a sacking.

This is what former ITV actress Shila Iqbal was faced with, after a thread of historic, racially offensive and homophobic tweets came to her employer’s attention.

Therefore, could the same be said for TV presenter Caroline Flack? Late last week, the host of ITV’s Love Island was charged by police for assaulting her boyfriend.

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