Benefits April 25, 2002
Workers Fired for Sexually Explicit E-mail
April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Six workers at the
Washington state Department of Labor (DoL) have been fired
for what is believed to be excessive use of their work
computers for personal e-mail, much of it of a sexual
nature.
Reported by Nicole Halsey
State labor officials have reportedly found hundreds of sexually explicit messages ranging from banter to planning for a sex party.
Fourteen other workers are being investigated and two have been disciplined.
Meanwhile, at least two of the fired workers are appealing through their union saying that the organization’s policies were never made clear and that other employees committed worse e-mail violations without being disciplined.