In Creighton v Together Housing Association Ltd, Creighton (C) had 28 years’ service. The employer was made aware of some derogatory comments C had made on Twitter about the Association and his colleagues. These included a posting to two colleagues to “Just carry on and pick up your wage, this place is f****d. It’s full of absolute bell ends who ant got any balls“. He also referred to the Association wasting money, that it could not manage as a business and he posted details of a client’s and tenant’s address. C apologised, but said he thought his Tweets were private. He was dismissed for gross misconduct and an ET found the dismissal fair. C had not offered any satisfactory explanation. He had admitted to posting derogatory comments about his employer and his colleagues as well as including the private addresses of a customer and a tenant on an open Twitter account which was visible to everyone. Given all the circumstances of the case, dismissal was in the band of reasonable responses.

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