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.

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Re:Guilty Until Proven Innocent.

[foniksonik]

So you would be perfectly okay with a coworker taking off at a critical time and without notice on sick leave - forcing you and those around you to pick up the slack while actually going on a trip somewhere to play at the beach?

What if you found out about this but had no proof? What if you had proof but were not legally allowed to reveal it?

What if this happened several times? Always the same MO - at the worst possible time when all hands were needed? Again, no usable proof - except that you could see the proof right there on Facebook, taunting you.