TUC calls on employers not to snoop on workers' private emails

date: 13 January 2016

embargo: For immediate release

Commenting on today's (Wednesday) ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that employers can read workers’ private email messages while they are at work, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“People should have a right to privacy in the workplace.

“Big Brother bosses do not get the best out of employees. Staff who are being snooped on are less productive and less healthy.

“It is essential that employers have clear policies on internet use so that people are not caught out.

“British workers put in billions worth of unpaid overtime every year. They shouldn’t be punished for occasionally checking private emails and going on social media.”

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