Surveillance of Employees in the Workplace

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the rights of employers' to monitor employees at work by intercepting emails and phone calls. It further considers the problems associated with such monitoring.

Outline
Introduction
Monitoring - Species of What?
Monitoring - Why?
Surveillance of Email and Internet
Telecommunications and CCTV Monitoring
Data Protection
Employee Surveillance and ECHR and Human Rights Act Defamation
Employee Monitoring - Private Rights and Public Policy
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Over the last few years, software packages have made electronic performance monitoring possible ; employers are able to use more sophisticated techniques to monitor their subordinate employees. Commonly used is the "telephone tap". Numerous recorded messages inform us that our calls may be "monitored and or recorded". Often to safeguard employees and also to protect the employers own interests as well as clients' but also for training purposes. However, many employers have ulterior motives behind their ability to monitor and record calls."

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