By Philippa Hore and Lucinenne Mummé
Victorian employers will now generally commit a criminal offence if they
conduct surveillance of employees in private areas of the workplace such as
toilets and change rooms.
This legislation (Surveillance Devices (Workplace Privacy) Act 2006 (Vic)
came into effect on 1st July 2007.
The legislation implemented the key recommendation of the Victorian Law
Reform Commission report on workplace privacy.
This article sets out who the legislation applies to (a definition of "employer"
and "worker"). The authors also explain what is prohibited surveillance, the
exceptions and what is unauthorised communication of legally obtained
surveillance material.
(Employment Law Bulletin Vol. 13, no. 5: from LexisNexis Butterworths)
No comments:
Post a Comment