Workers and social networks. Opinion essay

Do employers have the right to dismiss a worker depending on what they post on social networks?

Nowadays, almost everyone's got a profile in some kind of social network and there have been cases of workers being fired because of some information given or something they have posted there, but, is it fair to be fired due to that?

First of all, employers should do that if workers give a bad image to the corporation because the corporation might be giving a tolerant and a non-racist image but meanwhile an employer keeps insulting black people and homosexual people on twitter or facebook and the corporation's image would be damaged. Another reason to fire workers because of something they've written on social networks is because they might give some information about the CEOs or the corporation, for example, some programmer gives information about a new update on a website or program and the employer thinks it's inappropiate.

However, a profile ona  social network is personal and nobody should be fired because of what is written on there because workers are free to post whatever they want on a social network since it's their own profile and the employer shouldn't use it as a way to fire workers for the same reason employers don't fire workers because of what workers do at home. Another reason of because this is unfair is that worker's private life is alien to their workplace and it shouldn't influence their workplaces.

To sum up, there are some good reasons to fire a worker because of what they post on social networks like giving a bad image to the corporation or giving information about it that CEOs wouldn't like people to know. However, workers have their right to post whatever they want on social networks because it's their own personal profile and also private life and work should be kept away to avoid possible problems with employers.