did my supervisor violate my privacy rights by not taking me to a private location to discuss that I had witnessed 2 other employees stealing?
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did my supervisor violate my privacy rights by not taking me to a private location to discuss that I had witnessed 2 other employees stealing?
I witnessed 2 other employees stealing. I reported it to my boss. when my boss
took me aside to ask what I had seen he did not take me to a private area to talk
which resulted in the other employees hearing everything that was said. I am now
constantly being called a snitch by the other employees and work is a place I
used to love to go before all this. Now its daily torture for me to show up every
day for my shift.
Asked on November 10, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Arizona
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
There is no legally enforceable privacy right in this regard. The law generally does not require that sensitive conversations being carried on in private; and more particularly, an employer may freely decide where and when to discuss work issues, including workplace threats. What your superviser did was unwise, but it was legal.
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