E-mail policies must cover circulation of messages
Policies on acceptable e-mail use should include provisions limiting the widespread dissemination of messages, as the escape of internal e-mails into the public domain can potentially attract both adverse publicity and legal claims.
Make it a policy to keep firm control of e-mails By Edward McHugh, Senior associate, employment law team, at Dundas & Wilson. From Personnel Today.
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The law on e-mail monitoring Writing
on personneltoday.com, James Elwes looks at what the law says about employers
clamping down on e-mail abuse.
Employee monitoring in focus IRS
reviews part three of the Data Protection Code of Practice, which covers
monitoring employees in the workplace. The Code covers areas such as opening
workers' e-mails, the use of closed-circuit television, monitoring internet
usage and videoing workers outside the workplace to collect evidence.
ACAS issues guide to email and internet policies XpertHR reports.
How to protect against issues arising from employee e-mail and internet use Practical guidance from XpertHR's How to service.
