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French blogger sues after employers tells her ’au revoir’ |
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Written by asap
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Thursday, 20 July 2006 |
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PARIS — A 33-year-old British expat who wrote Internet musings under the pseudonym “La Petite Anglaise” is suing her employer after she was fired for keeping her popular blog.
The expat — known only as Catherine — declined to reveal her last name because of the personal anecdotes she posts on her site. She says she kept the name of her company secret and the blog was always anonymous.
But despite her attempts at secrecy, her employer found out and fired her — unusual in labor-protected France, where workers have strong legal protections.
Now her suit is generating buzz on both sides of the English Channel.
Her employers, the accounting firm Dixon Wilson, cited “loss of trust” and said they felt she had damaged their reputation, Catherine said. Though her name was never used online, her photo appear in a French newspaper article about her blog.
IN AMERICA
To be fired for blogging in the United States is more common than in France, where Catherine’s lawsuit is seen as a test case. In the U.S. there is even a word for it: getting “dooced,” a reference to the author of www.dooce.com, Heather B. Armstrong, who was fired for writing about her colleagues.
ONLY JOKING
- Things Catherine says she blogged about:
- Accidentally exposing her cleavage on a video conference screen
- Tumbling down a staircase
- Making fun of the office portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
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