But you've recently transferred into a different department. Without your knowledge, your boss asks the IT department for a complete rundown of your e-mail, Internet, and telephone use for the past three months. Companies have been finding creative ways to fire people for a long time. But, yes, I agree that these days if a company wants to fire someone, for any reason, they are going to go to the Internet. Idle chatter around the water cooler, for example, is not company property.
Most lawyers agree the answer is no.
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