Summary
In an article on msnbc.com , it told about a woman from Bromont, Quebec who lost her long term sick leave benefits over a photo on her facebook page. She had been on sick leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec for the last year. She was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving weekly sick leave benefits. When an insurance agent from Manulife saw a photo of this woman having a good time, on her facebook page, they stopped paying her the weekly sick leave benefits. Apparently the photos included pictures of her on vacation and also at a Chippendales bar for her birthday party. The woman claimed that she was trying to have fun under the recommendation of the doctor who was treating her for her major depression.
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I think the idea of a paid sick leave for depression is 'iffy' anyhow. Depression is a very easy thing to fake and a very hard thing to disprove since it lies within the mind of the individual. I can see why a insurance company would be skeptical. But with that said, an insurance agent is hardly qualified to diagnose a persons mental well being based on a picture, and their assessment of that persons mental health should hardly override the diagnosis of a doctor of psychology who had been treating this woman. If this woman takes the insurance company to court, I would think she should win hands down. The idea of employers and insurance companies, and various other institutions prying into a persons personal facebook account just creeps me out. I would feel totally violated if it were me. I use my facebook to vent about work and everything else. My employer or anybody affiliated with my employer, would be the last people that I would want to see my facebook posts.
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This article just proves that what ever you post on the internet isnt always safe. You never know who will see it. I read a story or watched one of those cop shows once where a figitive was caught from a web page like facebook, if it wasnt facebook. I have a facebook, myspace, yearbook, and tagged page. And thsoe are just the ones I remember. However, I don't post a whole lot of personal stuff on there. I do have a lot of pictures on my myspace page for family purposes.
ReplyDeleteI have seen a few, and created some myself, blogs on this. I agree, she must be some sort of dumb to post things like that when she is trying to deceive your boss. When posting personal things, you should think about who can see this, who MIGHT see this, and what would my momma think?
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