New rights to monitor email and telephone messages

Employers will have the right to monitor the email and telephone messages of an employee who is on holiday or on sickness leave, under the latest government proposals.The consultation period for guidelines on email surveillance finishes at the end of August, but government wants to extend this after criticism from employers. As reported on workplacelaw.net, the Data Protection Commissioner is due to issue a framework in September, before the Human Rights Act comes into force on 2 October, set... (124 more words)

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