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Is unfriending a colleague on Facebook 'workplace bullying'?

A recent Australian workplace bullying ruling shows how social media is now intertwined with the workplace.
 
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Hamish McNicol
Thu, 29 Oct 2015

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A leading employment lawyer says an Australian tribunal ruling which found unfriending a colleague on Facebook could amount to workplace bullying may have implications here.

But while it might take a

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Hamish McNicol
Thu, 29 Oct 2015
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