Student Loans Company staff sacked over Facebook posts

By Chris Parr. The Student Loans Company has sacked four people in the last five years for their inappropriate use of the social networking site Facebook.
Employees used the site to post “inappropriate comments” that “brought the company into disrepute, and “derogatory remarks” aimed at both the company itself, and its “student customers”. 
One member of staff was dismissed for comments that “threatened the health and safety of fellow employees”, according to a response to a Freedom of Information request made by the Parliament Street think tank. More...