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Employees' Protection: Workplace Surveillance 3.0

Employees' Protection: Workplace Surveillance 3.0

Chrysi Chrysochou, Ioannis Iglezakis
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522539179|ISBN10: 1522539174|EISBN13: 9781522539186
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3917-9.ch048
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Chrysochou, Chrysi, and Ioannis Iglezakis. "Employees' Protection: Workplace Surveillance 3.0." Social Issues in the Workplace: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 951-970. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3917-9.ch048

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Chrysochou, C. & Iglezakis, I. (2018). Employees' Protection: Workplace Surveillance 3.0. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Social Issues in the Workplace: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 951-970). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3917-9.ch048

Chicago

Chrysochou, Chrysi, and Ioannis Iglezakis. "Employees' Protection: Workplace Surveillance 3.0." In Social Issues in the Workplace: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 951-970. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3917-9.ch048

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Abstract

This chapter describes the conflict between employers' legitimate rights and employees' right to privacy and data protection as a result of the shift in workplace surveillance from a non-digital to a technologically advanced one. Section 1 describes the transition from non-digital workplace surveillance to an Internet-centred one, where “smart” devices are in a dominant position. Section 2 focuses on the legal framework (supranational and national legislation and case law) of workplace surveillance. In section 3, one case study regarding wearable technology and the law is carried out to prove that national and European legislation are not adequate to deal with all issues and ambiguities arising from the use of novel surveillance technology at work. The chapter concludes by noting that the adoption of sector specific legislation for employees' protection is necessary, but it would be incomplete without a general framework adopting modern instruments of data protection.

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