Electronic surveillance

Employee monitoring: CCTV recording at work – principles and pitfalls

Mike Hibberd warns that it is no easy matter to act on evidence of misconduct or poor performance obtained through electronic surveillance CCTV systems must always be used for a specified purpose to further a legitimate aim and their use must be necessary for meeting an identified pressing need. Employee monitoring is always a hot …

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Electronic surveillance: Monitoring home workers – getting the balance right

Innes Clark looks at the legal limits on employee monitoring and at whether privacy protections need strengthening in response to the ‘new normal’ For monitoring to be lawful, the employer has to find the right balance between its interests in monitoring employees and employees’ rights to privacy. March 2020 saw one of the biggest changes …

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