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New Zealand Court Orders Facebook Disclosure To Employer
An anonymous reader writes with a story out of New Zealand: "Gina Kensington was sacked by Air New Zealand earlier this year following a dispute over sick leave she took to care for her sister. She said she did not misuse sick leave, and went to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) seeking reinstatement. Air New Zealand responded by demanding to see her Facebook and bank details. Kensington refused, saying it did not have that information when it dismissed her and that 'it is well accepted in New Zealand there are general and legal privacy expectations about people's personal and financial information.'"
At least in the U.S., Facebook isn't keen on employers getting access to employees' Facebook account details.
I bet you believe in a 40 hour work week too! The new economy is different this time. The global marketplace is too fast and competitive for your antiquated management style any more.
At the start up where I work: I manage a team of 10 Stanford grads. We give our employees free red bull and 2 weeks notice in advance of drug testing. All of our projects are done with half as many people as our competitors would require because we work 80 hour weeks. This translates in to better profit margins and gives us the competitive edge to hold our ground when fighting the H1Bs off of Elysium.
Given that TFA says nothing even remotely along those lines - why are you making up such a ridiculous story?
You must be new here.
I call bullshit on this one. This works for three month at a maximum, and then you are exhausted.
That's the bit that you found unrealistic? The 80 hour work week?
Not, for example, the idea of fighting off H1Bs from a 22nd Century space station?
Huh.
Igor Presnyakov stole my hat
I call bullshit on this one. This works for three month at a maximum, and then you are exhausted.
That's the bit that you found unrealistic? The 80 hour work week?
Not, for example, the idea of fighting off H1Bs from a 22nd Century space station?
Huh.
Those fuckers have a time machine - they know shit we don't
Double-unfair!
Airlines are infamous for sacking stewardesses that get old, pregnant or put on enough weight for them to stop resembling fashion magazine models.
Having flown recently, I can assure you this unjust policy has been thoroughly done away with.
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