(19 Feb 2014, 11:14 pm)andreos1 wrote was an employee, is an employee, used to be an employee, still is an employee - no mention or confirmation at all, either way.
They're just 'investigating'.
Kevin Carr is quoted as saying " We were recently made aware of an offensive comment posted on our Facebook page by a Go North East employee."
I'd say that's pretty clear that they know he is an employee, otherwise they'd have just denied it outright as a non-story.