Facebook Photo Of Woman At Tomb Of The Unknowns Sparks Outrage

[Jasana]

200. Okay this is messy...

Somewhere I missed the part that she was on a business trip. I just saw the picture and thought she was doing something rude while on vacation.

As a former union rep I would say...

1) If she was on a work trip and a co-worker complained about her behaving this way in front of others who would be distressed by this behavior which also reflected poorly on the employer then the employer would have a right to discipline her - not fire her - unless she had been disciplined before.

2) No I don't think employers should be able to monitor an employee's private social media but somebody did a "whistleblower" on her doing something inappropriate on a business trip. I would say that gives her employer the right to discipline her... again not fire her unless she had been disciplined before.

But the truth is, if you're not in a union shop, you can get fired for almost anything and if you can't prove it's because of race, gender, religion, disability - then you are screwed.