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* No disruptive, offensive or abusive behaviour: contributions must be constructive and polite, not contributed with the intention of causing trouble.
* No unlawful or objectionable content: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable. Please also take care not to jeopardise your own position by comments you make about your employer or third parties.
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* No advertising or promoting of any services or companies is permitted.
* Contributions should nromally be in English (or Welsh, Gaelic or Gaeilge where sites are able to support this). Whilst UNISON would wish to reflect the diversity of its members with respect to language, unless a virtual branch is able to moderate forum postings in a given language, neither UNISON nor the virtual branch, can manage liability for any comments made in that language. Members with concerns over this should raise this with their virtual branch.
* URLs (web site addresses) can only be posted if allowed under any relevant local house rules.