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FCA’s new rules on NFM: Social media and the right to offend

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We assess how the guidance might influence a firm’s response to an offensive social media post made by an employee in their private life.

We explored in our previous post when a firm might need to take action because of behavior in an employee’s private life. Acknowledging the extent to which some personal lives are now conducted online, the FCA’s new guidance does give some particular focus to social media.

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