[LINK] Centrelink staff sacked for privacy breaches

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:57 AM 23/08/2006, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
>I thought, that under the Workplace Surveillance Act, that employees
>had to be informed that such activities were taking place and that
>the use of such techniques without informing the employee was illegal?
>
>If so, this would mean that there could be many appeals against the sackings.

Does anyone know that they weren't told? People still do dumb things, even 
when they know they're being watched. Think speed cameras. We had a 
situation on the Monash Freeway where the police announced over and over 
there would be a blitz. They caught HUNDREDS if idiots doing the wrong thing.

Jan


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