I work in a retail pharmacy where until recently, we were allowed to keep our purses in a side room, where we could see anyone entering or exiting(and it was only pharmacy workers). Now we have to use a locker in the breakroom which employees and customers have access to, so we will be using combination locks.
There are holes in the locker so you are able to look inside and pretty much see what's in there. Am I required to give management the combination to my locker? Does mgmt have the right to search my locker? How much privacy can I expect with this situation? They say the combo is just in case I forget it, but it is in the computer where basically any supervisor can access it(only the mgr is supposed to have access).
The only reason I'm upset about this is because it's a pain to have to leave the pharmacy for my purse now, instead of it being in our own locker room, where I could see anyone going near it.
2007-08-26 04:19:30 · 11 answers · asked by Moxie1313 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I either have to leave my stuff in the car or use a locker - we're not even supposed to bring the purse into the pharmacy, punch in, and then put the purse in the locker. So I need to use the locker.
2007-08-26 04:28:27 · update #1
My concern is also due to the fact that on Friday I had to use the locker without a lock and someone did go in and remove a note I had put in my locker. There was no reason to open my locker as it has my name on the outside now.
2007-08-26 04:53:56 · update #2
This is going to depend on what your company's policy is regarding this issue.
If you are only concerned with your combination being easily accessed by other than the manager then ask management if that information could be password protected or encrypted so that only managers can see it.
Other wise give them the combo and then change it after awhile.
2007-08-26 04:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by From Yours Trully 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 00:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I would suggest is for you to bring less items in your purse. Don't being anything that you would be embarrased of. Since the locker is provided to you by the company, than the company has the right to search the locker. You can give the manager or any supervisor the number of your combination locks, however; you should ask in writting that any search and seizure or inspections of the content of the locker has to be done with you in presence.
2007-08-26 04:44:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the same expectation of privacy that students have with public school lockers. Whoever owns the lockers has a right to open them and look inside. However, nobody would have a right to actually rifle inside your bags or your purse. And nobody other than the owner should be allowed access to open it, because you do have a right to reasonably secure your possessions.
2007-08-26 08:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The employer owns the lockers. I don't know if they give you the option of buying your own lock. If so, I would object to putting it on the computer, just give it to your Supervisor in case anything happens to you and you are hospitalized, out of town indefinitely, or you need something inside the locker sent to you.
I don't think they will be intruding on your privacy. It's more likely they are concerned that someone may leave and leave the lock on the locker causing them to have to cut it off.
However, I wouldn't put anything inside that you wouldn't want a supervisor to see. (Not that you would) I work in a hospital also and have my own lock. No one has asked for the combo, but I would give it to my Supervisor.
2007-08-26 04:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by dasupr 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just make up a number that has the right amount of digits and tell them that's the combo to your lock. Don't tell anyone else you're doing this either. I would never work for any company that required me to piss into a cup with another person watching. They have no right what so ever to demand such activities. Provide your own locker and lock then they have no right to demand anything in connection with it! I hope you have better luck finding employment with a company that respects your rights instead of stripping them away like all republicans like to do!
2007-08-26 05:17:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, the laws have changed enough so that when we are at work, they own our phones, our e-mails and yes can decide where and how we are to leave our personal property. They can illegally search and seize urine from our bodies through mandatory drug screening. They have no reason to suspect that I use drugs because I have never given them reason to think that, yet I am forced to submit to peeing in a cup while someone watches me do it. Until workplace policies are challenged and the courts decide that employers may not electronically monitor us without our permission or force us to submit to stupid practices, we are pretty much screwed.
2007-08-26 04:28:26 · answer #7 · answered by odechiro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who is paying for the combination locks? If its the company, they indeed do have a right to the combination. If you are thinking of buying your own lock, then the company will not be liable if anything is stolen. Are you that paranoid of your management that you think they will rummage through your purse? I would think they have better things to do.
2007-08-26 04:28:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You need not give your combination to the boss, but they can demand that the locker be opened at any time for inspection
2007-08-26 04:25:12 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
think- who owns and provides the lockers?
If you have stuff that you may not want inspected,
leave it elsewhere.
2007-08-26 04:34:27 · answer #10 · answered by sirbobby98121 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋