does anyone know if it is legal  to watch employees with cameras?
612759
I guess it's alright as long as it's not in a stall, what do you do that's so personal that's outside of the stall?
962050
If one party in the conversation knows that they are being recorded, then yes.\n\nMeaning that if you are talking to someone on the phone and record it, it is legal.\n\nHowever, if you pick up an extension and record two other people talking and neither one knows that they are being recorded, then that's illegal.\n\nThe exception is if law enforcement is doing the recording of course, with permission of the courts.
104262
At work we use a piece of software by the name of rapid eye. Depending on the rights that the users are given you can do this. Besides just being able to see security cameras, you can also setup different zones to give off alarms and so forth. I am not sure how big of a business you are talking about or how much you want to invest, but it works for us and we have over 100 cameras running on it at a time. You can also write the video off to a hard drive for future playback.
720574
There have been court cases on this. The ruling is that you have no expectation of privacy at work. That covers phone calls and emails.\n\nNow she may be violating a company policy. If she is doing on her own with out directions from a supervisor.
879976
Yes it is, I would reccomend filing a police report and putting up a motion sensitive pinhole camera. I hope you catch this/these person/s!
958580
These rules will vary by state, due to statutory differences.  At the very minimum, the subject MUST know he or she is being recorded.  \n\nCheck with your state's worker's comp commission or insurance fraud division for the rules that will apply to you.
558740
If a video camera is currently taping the proceedings.  If not then they are all legal
1039695
LOL . . . I work with IT all the time.  Believe me, they can see ANYTHING you do on their network without exception.  If you don't want them to see it - don't do it on their network.\n\nI'm not just trying to stir paranoia either.  I have been on several employee appeal hearing boards where employees were terminated for internet activity.  They would come and plead their case to us and IT was there as well.  They wouldn't have to say a word.  They'd just plop down a HUGE stack of logs showing everything these people typed, sometimes keystroke by keystroke.
290519
Was anything ever signed at anytime explaining their rights to do that? If not, then NO! They have no right to get into an employees personal belongings. \n\nIs there an HR department or a higher person this can be taken to? \n\nA few years ago I got very sick at work. My face was very pale, my pupils were dialated and I was sweating, the medics came, thought I had a stroke, it was low blood sugar, but that was not good enough for my supervisor, she went through my desk while I was gone, someone said that she was thinking that I was on drugs. I turned her in and HR said that she HAD NO RIGHT to do that and she got repremanded very much for it. I was taken in and drug tested but everything turned out fine. \n\nThat is personal property and if you did not sign anything saying they can search you at anytime, then it is not their right, they do not have permission to do that. That is why you sign papers. You give them authorization to do this or that. Make the manager show you the paper giving them permission to do that. \n\nThat's odd, hoped it helped
539714
Yes. You have to start your camera and broadcast. And just allow people to view you.
193433
I think it is a federal law that the party being recorded must know that they are being recorded.\n\nOtherwise your activity is illegal
423498
Access to those records is usually not free. At least not in Europe, not sure about the states.  However its really not expensive either, its common practice here for companies to do background checks on new employees and there are lots of web sites that offer these services.
766795
I suspect that you would be trespassing if you did carry in a camera or tape recorder. There are also privacy issues.
520050
Assuming you mean monitoring employee's e-mail originating from company computers, I would not favor the law.  Employers lose millions of hours of productivity to online gaming and other personal uses of the internet such as personal e-mail, all on the employer's bill.  Employee use of internet resources should be monitored and those that abuse the system for hours each day should be docked pay for every hour they waste.
1086037
Yes, it would be illegal without their permission.\n\nYou need to contact their corporate offices and tell them what you want. They will either tell you no, or they will charge  you a licensing fee that authorizes you to use the images.
940493
Perfectly legal. You should watch the news more! If you are being paid to work for that company, work. Do not access anything personal except at lunch or breaktime.Our company also checks to make sure no one is going on naughty websites and can tell you what has been erased even! You can come in early or stay late for personal things, if you have no other choice. They are not interested in your bank account-only of you were paying bills on company time.
899379
No, but they can watch you through your tv sets and computer screens.... lol.