Workplace surveillance law named for this site
Where staff are in view, some places add a workplace layer we name but do not map. In Germany the works council has a say on technical devices that monitor employees (Works Constitution Act section 87(1)(6)); in New South Wales the Workplace Surveillance Act asks about 14 days' written notice to staff before surveillance starts, cameras clearly visible, signs at each entrance to the area, covert surveillance only under its authority, and no surveillance in change rooms, toilets or showers; in the ACT the Workplace Privacy Act asks about notice and places where surveillance is not carried out. All named, not quoted.
- When it is raised
- Raised on every camera where staff are present (or the coverage could not be read) at a site in Germany, New South Wales or the ACT.
- The question
- Which of the points the act named here asks about can you show for this camera?
- For
- your lawyer
- The column that settles it
- the analytics or coverage column
- On the row
- a numbered delta and the words "workplace law" in small capitals; an outlined delta where it rests on a blank column
Clauses by regime
No held clause: this finding rests on laws we name but do not map, listed below. It is a question for your lawyer, not a reading of the text.
Named, not quoted
- Works Constitution Act, section 87(1)(6): the works council's say on technical devices designed to monitor employees' behaviour or performance (Germany; named, not quoted)
- Workplace Surveillance Act (NSW) 2005: notice before camera surveillance of employees starts, visible cameras and signs, and no surveillance in change rooms, toilets or showers (New South Wales; named, not quoted)
- Workplace Privacy Act (ACT) 2011: notice of workplace surveillance and the areas where it may not be carried out (Australian Capital Territory; named, not quoted)