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Data Protection Act

  • 15-09-2010 12:11pm
    #1
    mickmcl09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭


    If your employer investigates your movements in and out of work using CCTV
    1. Without you Knowing
    2. Where a criminal act is not suspected or being investigated
    3. Uses that information to assess your hours of work (even though alot of work takes place outside the premises) on a given week.
    4. Use that information against you in terms of not working enough hours.
    5. Omit hours worked on certain premises.

    Week in question they accounted for 37 hours approx. Note: They omitted about 4 to hours work(where it took an additional round journey time of 8 hours). They used this info to compile an invitation to a disciplinary and find against me in terms of not working adequate hours.

    I work in the retail industry.

    Are they breaking the Data Protection Act?
    Am I entitled to any form of satisfaction or recourse?

    Note: My average week would be 50hrs plus for the last 30 weeks and I'm on a salary, no overtime or premium time for sundays etc.


Comments

  • #2
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    Unfortunately we do not allow legal advice on this forum and the charter plainly states that. In terms of you being in a live case, it is important not to compromise of prejudice that. Do you wish to continue to have this matter discussed without seeking legal advice?


  • #3
    Jo King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Jo King


    You can write to the Data Protection Commissioner with your query.


  • #4
    mickmcl09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭mickmcl09


    Tom Young wrote: »
    Unfortunately we do not allow legal advice on this forum and the charter plainly states that. In terms of you being in a live case, it is important not to compromise of prejudice that. Do you wish to continue to have this matter discussed without seeking legal advice?

    Sorry, Tom. It might be best if you delete the post. Thanks


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