Hello, and help! And apologies for length ...
I am currently going through redundancy and am doing a trial in the job which is replacing mine. I don't want the job, as I believe the company has engineered the change in order to get rid of me - I have a statement from my former line manager explicitly stating that our boss asked him to suggest changes to my role with a view to get me out. I only took the trial on advice, and intend on saying I don't want the job next week.
Last week, my boss called me into his office and quizzed me about my personal Twitter account, which I changed the name of two months ago when the redundancies were first announced to remove the name of my employer. He said the company view is that it owns the account and that I had to change it back by the end of the day or be in breach of contract.
I looked up the company Twitter policy, which states employees using Twitter for work must put the name of the company in their Twitter name, but are free to take the account with them and its followers, as long as it is renamed.
That was on Wednesday, and the company still hasn't conceded the account is mine. I am afraid they might come back and say we've rewritten the policy or something similar.
My question is what should I do if this does happen? If I stand my ground, would I have a case for unfair dismissal? For context, other staff members have left with company branded accounts and have not been required to hand them back.
It may also be worth mentioning I am the office union rep, and we have just successfully balloted for strike action. My account has several thousand followers, and I have never used it to criticise the company before (and don't intend to).