John Smith wrote on Jun 25^th, 2019 at 6:35pm:



Is a contract demanding that you do not profess your own views in your own private capacity, in your own private life lawful?  Instinctively NO - and we will see it legally clarified at the end of the law case for which he is receiving financial support.

Frank wrote on Jun 25^th, 2019 at 6:39pm:



Of course it is. Businesses have been doing it for years. It's not the first time someone has tried to claim wrongful dismissal because of it. I'm not aware of any case where the employee ever won after being made aware that it was against company policy.

If you represent them, you abide their rules. Otherwise stop taking their money and post away whatever you like on facebook.

Frank wrote on Jun 25^th, 2019 at 6:39pm:


Raven would argue that a business or organisation has a right to expect it's employees do not bring the business into disrepute. Almost every company has policies it expects it's employees to abide by. A lot of them around social media.

Had Falau expressed his views in a more private fashion we would not have this conversation. This is not the first time he has made comments that concerned Rugby Australia. They asked him not to do it again and when he did they took action.

This is not about freedom of speech or freedom of religion.

He was perfectly free to say whatever he liked — but not be free from consequences.

The fact of the matter is Folau signed a contract with his employer, for which he was paid handsomely, and made a series of commitments to not bring the sport into disrepute, not to distract from his on-field activities, and not to target specific groups in a hateful or offensive way.

He breached the terms of that contract and Rugby Australia responded.

falau on the cover of a gay magazine ... guess he wasn't worried about sinners while they were paying him 

https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/4b4033376744109ac6fa2f4afcf0083ewidth=650

John Smith wrote on Jun 25^th, 2019 at 6:44pm:

And to think that for all those years I thought you were some lefty proto-socialist and here you are, a complete and abject advocate for corporatism and business supremacy even in the spheres of conscience and public discourse.  So when your boss says no union on my shop floor, no gay propaganda, no trannie propaganda -  you are cool with that.



Of course not.  This case brings out all the schizophrenics and the two-faced and thee yea-but-no-but shill like you.

John Smith wrote on Jun 25^th, 2019 at 7:01pm:




Do you have the article that went with that cover?