If they were not informed it was there? (cameras and microphones)
2006-09-29 19:17:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Of course it is.. It is grounds for lawsuit
2006-09-29 19:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are trying to get them more productive then just make an announcement that "For security purposes we will be installing electronic surveillance" and then post small signs around the offices. On telephones put a small sticker that says "all telephone conversations are automatically recorded". ..after a while people "forget" about these signs and stickers and you can go about you business. Employers can legally monitor your use of their equipment such as computer usage and if you are "surfing" instead of working then BEWARE, the can fire you!
ALSO, if employees are informed of the electronic surveillance in the employee manual then that may be all that is required BUT I would highly recommend posting signs IF the surveillance is not obvious. IF the cameras and microphones are out in the open and visible, which is what I would do if it were me, then I doubt that you have to actually "inform" anybody since it is out in the open!
2006-09-29 19:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by MeInUSA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Employers love to keep tabs on their workers. And technology now makes it easy for companies to monitor you - from punch-in to quitting time. Employers can read you e-mail, look at your personal computer files and eavesdrop on your phone calls. They can film you with hidden video cameras not only in public areas, but in locker rooms and even restrooms.
Although it's often done without your knowledge, this kind of info-gathering and sharing is almost always legal. This is because there are no laws regulating electronic surveillance in the private sector workplace.
2006-09-29 19:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by JFAD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to make sure the employees know that you're going to do it. And obviously, you can't have surveillance cameras in the bathroom or anything like that. Then it would be illegal. But employees have to know about it.
2006-09-29 19:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by Brandon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably eaves dropping devices could be deemed illegal but cameras protect the employees and the company
2006-09-29 19:19:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
laws vary state to state, check you local. but if they say they will be doing this monitoring (like in some sort of employee handbook) then it is legal. look at casinos, more cams in there pere sq ft than any other place i nthe world. its to stop theft from patrons as well as employees. companies usally loose more inventory due to employee theft than customer theft.
2006-09-29 19:26:58 · answer #6 · answered by Eric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it would not contravene the shape of rights. that's a private save, it has the marvelous to maintain despite protection or surveillance they desire. there is not any expectation of privateness interior the situation of labor.
2016-12-12 17:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by dricketts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is illegal and violation to privacy law
2006-09-29 19:20:55 · answer #8 · answered by Devaraj A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Unless you're putting them in their houses. At company properties they can do that legally.
2006-09-29 19:21:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should it be illegal? Isn't the gove doing it to us??
2006-09-29 19:27:12 · answer #10 · answered by meeeohmyyyy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋