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  Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired
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Last EditedServo  Apr 24, 2006 08:34pm
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MediaNewspaper - Houston Chronicle
News DateTuesday, April 25, 2006 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionSaying surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge has suggested that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for a city worker accused of failing to heed warnings to stay off the Internet.

Administrative Law Judge John Spooner reached his decision in the case of Toquir Choudhri, a 14-year veteran of the Department of Education who had been accused of ignoring supervisors who told him to stop browsing the Internet at work.
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