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Camera's in the workplace

  • 03-08-2005 3:48pm
    #1
    paconnors
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    hope this is in the right thread, if not i do appoligise and move as a approiate.

    what are the legalaity of cameras in he workplace, Which is for security reasons for what we are being told, and then told us we broke a rule at 2am in the morning, we get a warning from our employer


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  • #2
    prospect
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    To the best of my knowledge, they are perfectly legal, as long as all employees are informed of their presence.
    This includes toilets, but NOT cubicles. It includes changing ares where people are not getting full undressed, e.g. putting on overalls, and locker rooms.


  • #3
    WhiteWashMan
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    mikegannon wrote:
    hope this is in the right thread, if not i do appoligise and move as a approiate.

    what are the legalaity of cameras in he workplace, Which is for security reasons for what we are being told, and then told us we broke a rule at 2am in the morning, we get a warning from our employer


    if cameras are in the work place for security reasons only, they cannot be used for diciplinary purposes.
    security cameras are also not supposed to be focused on work areas, but for corridors, canteen areas etc.

    a worker can only be videoed, and the tape used for diciplinary proceedures if an employee has already agreed that their work may be video'd.

    at least, thats what the law used to say a year or two ago.

    i would be pretty ceratin though that the employees in this case cannot use video evidence from a security camera. unless of course someone is stealing stuff, in which case, everything goes out the window.

    whats the case in question?


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