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My second cousin has been suspended from work pending an investigation. The letter they gave him said "Gross Misconduct - Accessing illegal websites during working hours".
He isn't the sharpest tool in the box so didn't take in any information in the initial meeting where he told he was being suspended. They wouldn't let him take in a family member, which they have the right not to, but took the work colleague aside just before the meeting telling the colleague he could come in but wasn't allowed to speak.
He came to my house to seek advice and while on the phone with the HR person she said that he had logged into his personal Gmail on the "work system" and walked away while leaving it logged in. I don't know much more about it but I assume that someone else at his work must have started snooping into his logged in account and saw that he accesses porn and torrent sites who then reported it.
He is a carer which is why I assume they suspended him instantly pending investigation. He says he has never logged into a "work system", he doesn't have a work issued computer, laptop, phone or otherwise. He starts work at 7 and all of his rota is in paper form and he goes straight out to supporting the disabled people till the end of the work day.
I'm not sure I believe that he has never logged into a work computer but do they have any right to just snoop into his emails or even fire him for websites he accesses out of work time?
I assume they saw all this dodgy internet history and are trying to construct a narrative to dismiss him.
He isn't the sharpest tool in the box so didn't take in any information in the initial meeting where he told he was being suspended. They wouldn't let him take in a family member, which they have the right not to, but took the work colleague aside just before the meeting telling the colleague he could come in but wasn't allowed to speak.
He came to my house to seek advice and while on the phone with the HR person she said that he had logged into his personal Gmail on the "work system" and walked away while leaving it logged in. I don't know much more about it but I assume that someone else at his work must have started snooping into his logged in account and saw that he accesses porn and torrent sites who then reported it.
He is a carer which is why I assume they suspended him instantly pending investigation. He says he has never logged into a "work system", he doesn't have a work issued computer, laptop, phone or otherwise. He starts work at 7 and all of his rota is in paper form and he goes straight out to supporting the disabled people till the end of the work day.
I'm not sure I believe that he has never logged into a work computer but do they have any right to just snoop into his emails or even fire him for websites he accesses out of work time?
I assume they saw all this dodgy internet history and are trying to construct a narrative to dismiss him.