Can an employer record and use that recording to punish you if you did not consent to the recording?
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Can an employer record and use that recording to punish you if you did not consent to the recording?
I work by myself and was on a personal call and they got information from the call because I am a private investigator and the camera picked up the conversation.
Asked on January 18, 2013 under Employment Labor Law, California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
So long as the telephone conversation in and of itself was not being recorded by the other person with whom you were speaking with your employer can legally reprimand you for the conversation that you had that was recorded by a surveilance camera at the office assuming such a conversation you had was in violation of work policy.
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