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legalblogwatch.typepad.com — These days, Facebook isn't just a go-to social media application. The Web site's ubiquitous role in everyday life is also transforming it into a conduit for lawsuits. The Calgary Herald reports that a Canadian spa used Facebook to fire an employee, esthetician Crystal Bell.

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  • inactive, on 01/06/2009, -0/+11Wow, I wonder if the spa notified Crystal via an individual message, or just updated its status to "is firing Crystal Bell in the most impersonal and humiliating way possible." Or maybe someone at the spa started a "Fire Crystal Bell" group with a Donald Trump application.
  • jboitnott, on 01/06/2009, -0/+11That's almost as bad as breaking up with someone on Facebook ... or maybe worse.
  • ProjectGSX, on 01/06/2009, -0/+7FTA: "The former spa worker, who concedes she was also hired via Facebook"

    You were hired via Facebook and fired via Facebook. This should NOT be a surprise.
  • johnnick, on 01/06/2009, -0/+5"You can't text message break up!"
  • Cararan, on 01/06/2009, -1/+5Damn...
  • shawns, on 01/06/2009, -0/+4Did she ever really work there?
  • AmyVernon, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3If you're hired on Facebook and fired on Facebook ... maybe not?
  • JamesBondJr, on 01/06/2009, -1/+3that's still low. people need some face to face contact.
  • blakelylaw580, on 01/12/2009, -0/+1OK people, this isn't as bad as the linked-to article makes it sound. I actually went back to the original Canadian newspaper article. What really happened is that the worker didn't show up for a staff meeting after only 2 weeks on the job. Her boss claims she tried to call her, but couldn't reach her & didn't want a scene in front of other employees & customers. The boss then sent her what amounts to an e-mail through Facebook. The main point is that it was private; no different than receiving a "you're fired" letter in the mail.
  • markrp, on 01/07/2009, -2/+2Thats bad SH??...
    http://factory-service-manuals.blogspot.com/2009/0 ...

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