Spanish Supreme Court rules that you can watch porn at work

Spanish Supreme Court rules that you can watch porn at work
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By h.b. - Aug 28, 2006 - 9:06 AM

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The man was also accused by the company of eating sunflower seeds for 50 minutes a day

The Supreme Court in Spain has ruled in favour of a worker who was demanding to be given his job back or to be paid compensation by a company who sacked him for downloading personal emails, visiting chat rooms and even watching pornographic videos on the Internet during working hours.

The sentence noted that in Spanish law there is no specific prohibition of using the Internet for private ends.

The company who sacked the worker T&D Innovación y Mantenimiento S.A. also claimed that the worker spent 50 minutes a day ‘eating sunflower seeds’. They installed spyware on his computer to see what he was using it for.

The Supreme Court thus overturns earlier rulings from two courts in the Basque Country which found in favour of the company.

Now the worker has to be re-employed or paid 4,200 € in compensation plus wages from his sacking to the date of the new ruling at a rate of 43 € a day.

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