England fans filmed singing offensive songs such as ‘10 German Bombers‘ face losing their jobs, a leading employment law firm has warned. The Mail has the story.
Despite being off work, employees who act in an aggressive manner or sing dubious songs and are filmed on the internet face major disciplinary action.
Even though the workers can claim they are on holiday and are not representing their firm while on vacation, if their actions are deemed serious enough and can be linked back to the company they could find themselves unemployed.
Although companies have also been warned that sacking an employee amid a Twitter pile-on could leave themselves open to an unfair dismissal claim unless robust rules were followed.
England fans have insulted many of their opponents during thee group stages of the European championships, although according to human rights rules, they could potentially face life imprisonment.
Kate Palmer, who is an expert in employment law and the Employment Services Director at Peninsula, told MailOnline: “It’s an unfortunate fact that large football matches can bring out the worst behaviours in some people. Recent examples in major tournaments include fans racially abusing players, singing offensive chants in Germany, assaulting opposing fans, or throwing bottles at police, to name just a few.
“And who can forget the fan who was splashed across every front page with a flare in a very questionable place!
“It is not an employer’s job to police what employees do in their own time, and employees do have a right to a private life. But when that private life becomes public, if it can be linked back to the workplace then employers may need to take disciplinary action.”
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