E-mail Monitoring in the workplace
Can your job terminate you reading an e-mail they were monitering even though the employess had no prior knowledge that his/her job was monitering them in the first place?
Asked on 1/17/03, 5:01 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Timothy J. Walton
Internet Attorney
Re: E-mail Monitoring in the workplace
While the better practice is to inform employees that email will be monitored, I am aware of no specific requirement to do so, so I doubt an employee would have recourse if properly fired on the basis of something found in email.
Of course, this could differ depending on the specific facts of the case. For example, company culture might give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Answered on 1/17/03, 7:12 pm
