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Newshound
09-01-2013, 12:51 PM
It is well-recognised that an employee is entitled to a private life and that their conduct outside work is only relevant to the employment relationship if it can be said to have breached an express or implied term of their employment contract. There has to be some relevant connection between the behaviour and possible damage to the employer or its reputation. Accordingly, an employer does not ordinarily have an unfettered right to sit in judgement over its employees on their behaviour outside work.

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