A secretary who has been sacked for spending too much time surfing the internet is claiming unfair d...
A secretary who has been sacked for spending too much time surfing the internet is claiming unfair dismissal
The woman who spent hours downloading pornography from the internet and searching contact sites, when she should have been typing her bosses' memos, has claimed she has become clinically addicted to the ether
If an employment tribunal rules in her favour, the secretary could receive up to £12,000 in compensation, and this could set a precedent for similar cases. But the Spin Doctor wonders whether it was the content of the websites browsed rather than the act of surfing itself which sparked this particular woman's addiction
