Course "Employer Surveillance of Employees Who Work from Home- Legal Do’s and Don’ts" has been pre-approved by HRCI as eligible for 1.5 credits towards a participant's recertification upon full completion.
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Overview of the webinar
Ever since the “new normal” of employees working from home arose in 2020, employer surveillance of employees has grown more than fifty percent. While some of these efforts are both legal and effective, far more of these options are counterproductive and/or illegal. This program will cull through the various options for employee surveillance, the legal concerns, the countermeasures available to employees to avoid surveillance, and other key considerations.
Area Covered In The Webinar
In this program, we will discuss surveillance and privacy as relating to:
- Emails
- Computer usage
- Audio recording
- Video recording
- Microsoft Teams
- Use of phone headsets
- Instant messaging
- Cell phones
- Biometric systems for recording worktime
We will also examine issues relating to:
- Legal restrictions
- Employees spying on each other
- Deleted and cleared voice and e-mail messages
- Personal email review through work computers
- Review of postal deliveries
- Anti-spying software and hardware
Finally, we will discuss best practices to ensure your monitoring efforts are legal, effective and secure.
Who Will Benefit?
- Records management
- Human Resources
- Payroll
- Managers
About the speaker
Years of Experience: 15+ years
Deirdre Kamber Todd, Esq., has been practicing healthcare and employment law for more than twenty years. Following her distinguished master’s degree from the University of Limerick, in Limerick, Ireland, and her juris doctor from Hofstra University