Hired and Fired via Facebook
A spa worker in Canada who was hired to a company via Facebook also received the pink slip for not appearing for a meeting. The news story while on the one hand denotes how social networking tools are fast becoming the medium of communication these days while on the other, it emphasises the legal issues relating to IT and employment law that arise in this area. More on this news story which would be of interest staff working in this sphere can be accessed at http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a627fa6e-8eca-4a84-8c82-45a693d4473d
(13/01/09)