The ECHR had to examine the claim of a Romanian employee who was dismissed for using his professional Yahoo Messenger account, created on his employer’s request, for private purposes. The employee was aware of the monitoring of his Internet account and according to the company’s rules the private use of Internet was forbidden.

Le contrat de travail est l’instrument de base tant pour l’employeur que pour le salarié puisqu’il fixe les conditions de la relation de travail et détermine les droits et obligations respectifs des parties.