Unit 7
Workplace Privacy
Employees typically must relinquish some of their privacy while at the workplace, but how much they must
do so can be a contentious issue. The debate rages on as to whether it is
moral, ethical and legal for employers to monitor the actions of their
employees.
So employers believe that
monitoring is necessary both to discourage illicit activity and to limit
liability. Although, with this problem of monitoring employees, many are
experiencing a negative effect on emotional and physical stress including
fatigue, lowered employee morale and lack of motivation within the workplace
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Employers might choose to
monitor employee activities using surveillance cameras, or may wish to record employee’s
activities while using company owned computers or telephones.
Courts are finding that
disputes between workplace privacy and freedom are being complicated with the
advancement of technology as traditional rules that govern areas of privacy law
are debatable and becoming less important.
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