The Antwerp Labor Court confirmed, in a decision rendered on September 2, 2008, that an employer can dismiss employees for serious reasons if he observes that an employee uses the internet and his email in a way that is contrary to the internal policies and procedures. (Ref. 080704)
After controlling the computer of one of his employees thanks to the “protocol analyzer” software, an employer observed that the employee’s email and web activity had strongly decreased. He thus understood that: 1/ the employee tampered with his computer to access the internet via an older firewall, less safe; 2/ for two days, the employee browsed the web almost exclusively for private reasons; 3/ he sent about 10 private emails and chatted on MSN. The employer thus dismissed him for serious mi
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