PR panic | 'Creepy boss' post gets worker wrongly sacked - should HR police social media?

The perilous relationship between workplaces and their employees’ social media use has been thrust into the spotlight once again, after a worker was wrongly sacked for sharing a Facebook post criticising her boss.

According to an employment tribunal, Damaris Trench was dismissed from Lincolnshire pub Trebles after sharing a post which described boss Himesh Patel as “creepy” and accused him of inappropriate behaviour towards female customers.

The original post was created by Trench’s boyfriend, who was also a former employee of the business, the tribunal heard.

Despite deleting the post roughly an hour after sharing it, bosses were made aware of the matter and Trench, who had worked at Trebles for two tears, was fired on the grounds of gross misconduct.