Dismissal for cause of employee approving or “likes” disparaging comment against his employer on Facebook

Authors

  • Marcelo Guerra Martins Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, São Paulo.
  • Rodrigo da Silveira Barcellos Universidade de Coimbra (Doutorando)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/redes.v5i1.3207

Keywords:

Information Society, Dismissal for Cause, Ethics, Behavior on Facebook.

Abstract

This article addresses the problem of dismissal for cause of employee approving or “likes” disparaging comment released on Facebook against his employer. This is a typical phenomenon called the Information Society, period experienced by humanity where the diffusion of ideas, information and knowledge occurs in intensity ever seen, with the role of electronic networks such as the Internet. The conclusion drawn from a doctrinal examination, jurisprudence and postulates of ethics, is that the employee subscribes to that kind of comment is likely to be dismissed for cause, although the “like” occurred outside the physical working environment. The methodology used is the bibliographical study, focusing on the study of court case.

Author Biographies

Marcelo Guerra Martins, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, São Paulo.

Mestre em Direito Civil (2000) e Doutor em Direito do Estado (2010) pela Universidade de São Paulo.

Professor do Mestrado em Direito da Sociedade da Informação das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas. São Paulo, Brasil.

Juiz Federal em São Paulo.

Não há entidade financiadora.

Linha de pesquisa: negócio jurídico na Sociedade da Informação

Rodrigo da Silveira Barcellos, Universidade de Coimbra (Doutorando)

Mestre em Direito da Sociedade da Informação (2015) pelas Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU. São Paulo, Brasil.

Doutorando em Direito Civil pela Universidade de Coimbra.

Professor de Direito Civil da Faculdade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.

Funcionário do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo – TJSP.

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Published

2017-05-24

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017)

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