The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged employers to allow staff to continue to access social networking sites at work.

The TUC said that, while employers are within their rights to forbid staff from using sites such as Facebook, MySpace or Bebo in work time, a total ban is an over-reaction.

“Simply cracking down on the use of new web tools like Facebook is not a sensible solution to a problem which is only going to get bigger,” said TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.

“It is unreasonable for employers to try to stop staff from having a life outside work, just because they cannot get their heads around the technology.

“Better to invest a little time in working out sensible conduct guidelines so that there do not need to be any nasty surprises for staff or employers.”

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