Posting on Facebook led to the sack

As reported in today's smh.com.au, a Port Macquarie barman who had taken two sick days around New Year's Eve did not expect to be sacked. But after the barman's employer saw a photo on Facebook of Mr Dekort celebrating the new year he was promptly dismissed.

Not even a doctor's certificate which Mr Dekort obtained a few days later saved him from losing his job.

Mr Dekort went to Fair Work Australia to appeal against his dismissal but the tribunal found he had failed ''in the face of clear evidence'' to put any case to meet the claim of misleading conduct or to explain the inconsistency of his actions.

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