Can my employer compel me to install tracking GPS and possibly surveillance
audio software on my personal phone?
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Can my employer compel me to install tracking GPS and possibly surveillance
audio software on my personal phone?
Asked on November 8, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Maine
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
As a general rule, so long as the employee is notified of the intallation of GPS or other such tracking methods, then it is legal for an employer to install them on a car and/or cell phone, whether they be business or personal. That is unless doing so violates the terms of any applicable employment contract or union agreement. The fact is that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
As a general rule, so long as the employee is notified of the intallation of GPS or other such tracking methods, then it is legal for an employer to install them on a car and/or cell phone, whether they be business or personal. That is unless doing so violates the terms of any applicable employment contract or union agreement. The fact is that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination.
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