Employers’ Right to Take Action against Erring Employees in Question Again
Questions regarding whether it should be an employee’s duty to uphold his employer’s reputation beyond his professional boundaries have arisen again following the recent incident of John Terry. While Terry has been fired from his post of
John Buchanan, a solicitor at Rothera Dowson brought to light the fact that employees have a duty to safeguard the reputation of their employer, failing which the organization had the right to take disciplinary action if the employee commits any act in his personal life that puts his employer’s reputation at risk. He stated that it was a right decision on
Since there is no relation between his extramarital activities and what he does for the team, it was only right that Terry retain his captainship. His actions have not marred the standing of
Buchanan expounded further, saying that if an employer wants to sack his worker on grounds of the worker’s private life, he must have hard evidence of it being detrimental to the company before any such action is taken.
Adrian Mutu was fired from
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