Employer annoyed with Linkedin status

[Fused]

Hi

I'm hoping someone can help me. Back in 2016 I attended a weekend course for property investing.

The person providing the training suggested a good way of networking with other property investors would be to update social media, to let our contacts know we were involved in property.

I updated my linkedin profile to suggest this, although I didn't set up a business, it was purely for networking.

My employer has now brought this to light, suggesting that I'm running a business without their knowledge. I have explained that I am not partaking in any business, I've not made any investments (due to finanacial reasons). They are saying they do not believe me, as my Linkedin status suggests I'm employed by them and another company.

Are they able to use this information against me? I'm concerned I may lose my job because of this and I am totally innocent, all I did was add some information to Linkedin.

[ULA]

Your employer is likely to have raised this as a concern particularly in respect of any clauses in your contract regarding "Devotion of Time" i.e. not working for other people and secondly a concern about the Working Time Regulations.

Have you displayed your involvement in property as "Experience" which is normally reserved for job roles you have undertaken?