Otherwise who cares, even if using the Ipad I provided him with?
At least in the US, the relevant case law makes it clear that if an employer gives you a gadget to use, the employer sets the rules on how you use the gadget.
His employer may or may not object to the OP using it to view iron on his own time. Who knows? But if the employer does object, hey are within rights to do something about it.
That said, most of the people here are right: unless he was on the company VPN at the time it happened, a wipe of the history and cache should take care of things just fine.
Big brother seems to have arrived and you dont even notice.
No, Big Brother refers to a metaphor for constant totalitarian surveillance, typically by government entities. This merely a case of someone using a device owned by someone else: my device, my rules. He's not going to get detained or incarcerated for what he saw. His boss, however, may have some choice words for him.
If the OP wants to "break free" from that surveillance, the option to do so is very straightforward: he can buy his own iPad and see all the Russian porn his heart desires, or stumble on it accidentally and guilt-free, for that matter.