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Sun 9 Oct, 2005 06:06 pm
If an employee uses his (her) employer's computer system to manage his (her) investment portfolio in violation of the rules of employment, does the employer have a good case to sue the employee (or former employee)? How would damages be computed since the employer hasn't lost any money as such?
I suppose they could sue in theory. They could claim the cost for the data sent over the misused Internet connection (employers pay for Internet connections too!) and possibly, the wages the employee was paid when they were not doing the job they were supposed to be doing.
I can't imagine many employers would ever bother though. With most companies, if it ever gets that serious, they just terminate the employee and that's that.
Treated as a civil issue, as opposed to criminal, it is almost impossible to collect damages from an employee without their permission.
Surely the employer has lost the employee's time when he/she should have been working for the employer?
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