Can an employer GPS track you on your personal phone and or car?
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Can an employer GPS track you on your personal phone and or car?
They want us to put the shark clock app on our phone.
Asked on April 9, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Absent an employment contract or union agreement to the contrary, courts have held that GPS tracking devices are reasonable. The thinking is that if workplace surveillance is completely legal, if the workplace is the car, etc., shouldn’t companies have a way to keep track on their workers from afar? That having been said, there are some limits to such tracking. The key to keeping tabs on employees only when they are supposed to be working. So, when a worker takes their car, phne, etc, home, then tracking on an employees wherabputs at that tie is not allowed.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Absent an employment contract or union agreement to the contrary, courts have held that GPS tracking devices are reasonable. The thinking is that if workplace surveillance is completely legal, if the workplace is the car, etc., shouldn’t companies have a way to keep track on their workers from afar? That having been said, there are some limits to such tracking. The key to keeping tabs on employees only when they are supposed to be working. So, when a worker takes their car, phne, etc, home, then tracking on an employees wherabputs at that tie is not allowed.
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