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Big Brother at work
Ever wondered what it would have been like to share the Big Brother house with reality TV's new batch of hopefuls? Well, you may be closer than you think…Hi-tech gadgetry and sophisticated surveillance techniques in the workplace make all of us vulnerable. Sure, most of us would agree that some things are totally unacceptable - if your colleague gets sacked for downloading and mailing hardcore porn or racist material, you're unlikely to feel too much sympathy. But in the majority of cases, it's pretty innocent behaviour that gets caught. Like me, you may have suffered the shame of being told off for over-enthusiastic visits to your favourite shopping website during your lunch break (OK, or at any other time during the day) or for placing just one too many desperate calls to the Who Wants to be a Millionaire competition line over the office phone.
But can our bosses rap our knuckles for doing this - and what rights do we have to stop them? Doesn't the law provide a balance between your employer's right to know what's going on and your own right to privacy? Sadly, that's always been a delicate question, and it looks like the conflict may go head to head over the next few months.
Like many of us, you may have thought the Human Rights Act would improve your freedom in the workplace - but then, if you've read about the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (or 'RIP': scary name, scary piece of law), you may decide Big Brother has won the fight before it even began. These two conflicting bits of legislation may affect your life at work.
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