UAE: Company liable for employee’s social network actions

Parag Deulgaonkar reports:

An employer can be held liable for actions of his/her employee on social networking sites, under the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) employment law, according to Clyde and Co.

“Under DIFC and QFC employment law, an employer may be held vicariously liable for the actions of its employees, for example bullying or harassing a colleague by comments made on Facebook or Twitter,” the law firm said in a report titled ‘Social Networking: an advantage for your business or a liability?’