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Thursday, July 18, 2024

School Employee Fired for Social Media Posting


In another reminder of "what you say on social media can affect your job," a South Dakota school district recently terminated one of its employees for posting the following on her personal social media page after the shooting incident at the former president's rally:

Shoot if only he would’ve had his scope sighted in correctly.

Employees can be disciplined and even terminated from their positions if their personal social media activities violate their employers' social media policies, so long as those policies are lawful. And, employees should be aware that their social media posts are rarely private, and even if they are not "friends" with their employer, an employee's post can be forwarded to the employer by a co-worker, customer, client, or member of the public. 

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