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• When is a hamburger not a hamburger?

  When it's got a slice of cheese on it, according to McDonald's - which fired a Dutch employee for adding cheese to a hamburger. This, the company argued, turned it into a cheeseburger, and the employee should therefore have charged more. Read... Posted Jan 27 2010, 04:40 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: termination of employment, gross misconduct, unfair dismissal, compensation

• Prison officer dismissed after befriending inmates on Facebook

  A prison officer in Leicester has been dismissed for gross misconduct after it emerged that he was using the social networking site Facebook to make friends with inmates and former prisoners. Read More... Posted Mar 24 2009, 09:50 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: termination of employment, gross misconduct, social networking

• Swearing in the workplace (and on a film set)

  Batman star, Christian Bale, gave superheroes a bad name when he hit the headlines for verbally assaulting photography director, Shane Hurlbut, on the set of the Terminator. Bale gave Gordon Ramsay a run for his money when he reportedly used the F-word... Posted Feb 17 2009, 10:31 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: termination of employment, dismissal, gross misconduct, unfair dismissal

• Summary dismissals must still be fair

  The sad case of Baby P provoked a strong response in the press with demands made for those involved to be sacked. However as anyone in HR will know "sacking" staff is a complex process requiring many boxes to be ticked as well as adherence to... Posted Jan 07 2009, 10:38 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: dismissal, gross misconduct

• Policeman who posted crude messages on Facebook fined

  The information super highway that is the internet has revolutionised the workplace. It has also created a myriad of new challenges for employers with employee email and internet misuse frequently cited by employers as a particular thorn in their side... Posted Dec 17 2008, 04:17 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee relations, internet at work, gross misconduct, misconduct