News Burst: Ten sacked over 'lewd email'

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• Royal And Sun Alliance,
• Privacy,
• Sackings,
• Human Rights

Rachel Munro ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 05 Jan 2001 09:52 GMT

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Ten employees have been sacked and about 75 suspended at insurance company Royal and Sun Alliance (RSA) in Liverpool for distributing "lewd email". The emails featured a doctored picture of cartoon character Bart Simpson in a sexual clinch.

According to BBC Online, the sackings were reported to have started this week and the suspensions over the Christmas period.

A company source speaking to the Daily Telegraph accused the RSA of "an absurd over-reaction".

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