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Staff Surveillance - Legal requirements must be followed |
In a recent Industrial Relations Commission case, an employer breached the Workplace Video Surveillance Act by carrying out surveillance before obtaining an authority, and then by conducting the surveillance outside its specifications. |
The Commission found that the nine employees involved had been unfairly dismissed. |
Employers must conform with the requirements of the Surveillance Act; gain prior permission from a magistrate; provide reports; carefully re-examine surveillance reports, and conduct further investigations to confirm their findings before acting on them, particularly where they are being used to justify dismissal. |
The lesson is: always get advice before conducting any video surveillance.
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peter.mcnamara@cml.com.au
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