Following a revelation that “inappropriate” e-mails have been
passing between workers at Jaguar’s UK factory in Halewood, 11
workers have been dismissed and a further 19 are to be the focus of
possible disciplinary action.
The alarm was raised after the e-mails, the content of which has
not been disclosed, were forwarded to Ford, Jaguar’s parent company
in the US. Yesterday, the company announced that the 30 people
involved had been using the company’s internal e-mail system to
forward “inappropriate material” and were a combination of
employees and contract staff.
Last year, Merrill Lynch dismissed 15 people after they were
found to be circulating pornography via the company e-mail system.
Under similar circumstances, Royal & Sun Alliance dismissed 10
employees and suspended 77. Other companies that have taken a hard
line on employee e-mail abuse include Orange and Credit
Lyonnais.
