Three Welsh council workers have lost their jobs for
spending too long on internet auction siteeBay,reports the BBC.
One was sacked and two resigned after managers at Neath Port
Talbot council found that some staff were spending up to two hours
a day on eBay.
Union officials, however, said the council had put "temptation
in their way" by not blocking sites such as eBay.
Graham Jones, personnel chief at the council, said the council
had a policy of allowing its staff to access the web for personal
use in their own time.
The council has network filters in place to prevent access to
pornographic sites and other unsuitable material, but no blocks on
sites such as eBay.
The union said personal web access should be restricted to lunch
hours by the council, and that filters should be extended to block
extended use of sites such as eBay to prevent other staff from
"becoming addicted".