http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/ Switched Comments for Swiss Woman Fired for Using Facebook While Sick http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/Apr 27th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/
On the other hand, if you use the very specific claim that you cannot come to work because you have a migraine and can't take focusing on a computer screen until it passes, then it is pretty darn stupid to get caught being on the computer when you're supposed to be lying in a dark room.

So, while I can sympathize with someone who is truly ill, but unable to sleep and in need of a diversion from their misery - I have little sympathy for someone who obviously made a false claim about their health and then got caught doing the very thing they claimed they couldn't do that day. ]]>Apr 27th 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/
I hope she sues them. Unlawful termination and harrassment.]]>Apr 27th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/Apr 27th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/Quite sad that her employers have no idea they are fishing for a law suit!]]>Apr 28th 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/Dec 3rd 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/http://www.switched.com/2009/04/27/woman-fired-for-logging-on-to-facebook-while-sick/
Now if she said she didn't feel well enough to work at a computer ALL day, that would be different.]]>Oct 29th 2010 2:14AM