An employee is off sick and their e-mail and voicemail messages are starting to stack up. As this could mean lost business, you want to check them. What’s the legal position here, particularly if
they don’t appear to be business-related?
Published 19.10.2010
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that an employer didn’t infringe an employee’s human rights when it read personal e-mails. Does this mean you can read all personal e-mails on your IT
system?
Published 01.02.2016
Some wellbeing experts are suggesting that time-poor employees should practice “inbox infinity” instead of aiming to have zero work e-mails. Apparently, this has health benefits. It’s a nice idea,
but what’s the problem for you?
Published 24.01.2019
Although a work e-mail address should be used for business purposes only, many employees think that they can be treated just like a personal e-mail account. As this could land you in hot water,
what’s the answer?
Published 22.09.2014
In some cases you might suspect that an employee who is leaving is helping themselves to your confidential business information. Does this give you the right to look through their work e-mail account
and cloud storage?
Published 13.06.2019
It’s reckoned that each year the average worker wastes 65 hours of your time surfing the Internet. So if you want to keep an eye on this activity, how do you strike a balance between your right to
monitor and their right to privacy?
Published 10.08.2010
Like any business correspondence, outgoing e-mails should be professional at all times. But as new research has found, not all employees understand what this term means. So how can you get the right
message across?
Published 28.08.2012
A robust e-mail and Internet policy will go a long way to stopping employees from wasting your time. But, as a recent tribunal case shows, having one could also protect your reputation. So what’s the
latest news?
Published 24.03.2010
Suppose that an employee has used their own home computer to send an offensive chain e-mail. You might think that this is a private activity. But according to the tribunal it can justify dismissal.
What do you need to know?
Published 11.04.2011