[governance] UK - DVLA: Seven staff suspended for posting "inappropriate" Facebook comments

[Koven Ronald]

What, pray, is DVLA ?


(Acronymitis seems endemic on this list.)


Bests, Rony Koven



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Subject: [governance] UK - DVLA: Seven staff suspended for posting "inappropriate" Facebook comments


              
  2 January 2013        Last updated at 10:10 GMT       

      
      
DVLA: Seven staff suspended for posting        "inappropriate" Facebook comments
      
  About 5,000 people work at the DVLA's          head office in Swansea 
      
 
      
      
Seven office        workers at the DVLA in Swansea have been suspended for putting        "inappropriate" comments jokes on Facebook.
      
The staff are facing disciplinary action after being caught        writing personal comments on the social networking site.
      
The driver and vehicle licensing agency employs 5,000 in        Swansea.
      
A DVLA spokesman said: "The staff remain suspended while        investigations are ongoing."
      
The staff at the DVLA hold the records for Britain's 32 million        vehicles.
      
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Although instances are extremely rare,            any inappropriate postings by staff made outside of work            will be investigated and could result in disciplinary            action.”
        
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Workers are banned from accessing social        networking websites on the computers they use during their        shifts.
      
But the staff are thought to have posted the remarks outside        work and were later reported to management.
      
Comments including lewd jokes are also being investigated
      
A DVLA spokesman said: "Although instances are extremely rare,        any inappropriate postings by staff made outside of work will be        investigated and could result in disciplinary action.
      
"All staff are aware of the guidance in place and are reminded        on a regular basis."
      
The DVLA is currently in the process of closing all 39 of its        regional offices to try to to cut costs and drive more customers        to use its online services.
    
  
 
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