Tracker for human beings.

[Silly Sausage]

One of the last jobs I had, they gave me a tracking device to fit in the van.
Don't know if they expected me to fit it, left it on the desk at home until I left!?!?

To echo others have said on this thread, this kind of thing is the thin edge of the wedge.
You can't beat a bit of give and take in an Employee/Employer relationship.
You'll get a damn sight more work out of me if I'm given a bit of slack as opposed to being ruled with a rod of iron.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Or drop it!!!

............. down the bog - just as you're flushing it.

 

[Jimmy Boy]

This happened to our vans..the excuse ? Cheaper insurance, it's legal for them to track thier property,phones, vans whatever, what they can't do is then produce this data as a reason to discipline you unless they have complied with the DPA and hold the data securely, and allow you the right to see all data held on you, they would be be shafted in court, can they track you ? yes they can...They can use the Lone Working Regulations to do this, if your on your own you are vulnerable to injury, attack or medical emergency, your employer has a duty of care to protect you, a tracking device will help him to do this, this has been proven in case law and it's here to stay.
J

 

[kathwilcox]

And take a dump!

if need be! lol

 

[NEZ2490]

It's their phones they have the right but if your doing nothing wrong what does it really matter. I think everyone should be chipped and everyone have it in different places then no more missing people what a saving in policing and stops child abduction.

Really ? i feel a sudden sense of oppression

 

[La Poste]

I have not read the whole thread but surely the company mobile can be left at a convenient place of your choice and all calls redirected to your own mobile?

 

[trev]

If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear starts us all down a very slippery, very scary slope.

 

[La Poste]

Agreed.

We will have to start phoning our employers and asking them if it is all right to go down the pub when off duty next.

Imagine having to ask your employer if it is acceptable to take your children swimming on a Sunday afternoon.

We are paid to be employed for a certain amount of hours, not owned 24 hours a day seven days a week.

Surely if you have finished your working day then your time belongs to you, unless you are on call that is.

Are these phones tracked to find your location when you are on call and still being paid by the company?

 

[grantr37]

I wonder how many people are tracked in the UK? I think it is a growing number.

in one form or another, everybody they can, which is most of the population between the age of about 15 and 60...

 

[grantr37]

Is the tracker on the phone or on the sim? If on the phone then could put the sim in another phone, I think I'd try playing games with them as much as I possibly could if I was in that situation.

Get some lorry driver to take it to spain then DHL it to Iceland where somebody can take it up a mountain and leave it.....that will get them

 

[grantr37]

Da is abising yor right under section8 of the european convention on human right man
Article 8

Article 8 protects your right to respect for your privacy and your correspondence – monitoring of emails, telephones conversations and internet usage, the use of intrusive CCTV footage or vehicle tracking devices, or subjecting you to searches or to drug or alcohol testing, may interfere with your right to respect for your private life. However, it is important to note that most of what you do at work will not be considered part of your private life – the question will be whether in the circumstances you should have a reasonable expectation of privacy. If there is an interference, this does not necessary breach your Article 8 rights, as this right is not absolute, and interferences with your privacy are permitted if they are justified and proportionate.

none of that exists anymore, they binned it, the govt etc go through everything automatically, and the same removal of rights opened the door for big corporations to sift your emails etc for sales and marketing purposes, and to pimp your private things and personal info....

 

[grantr37]

might add that in Japan and other asian countries they have to basically beg for permission to go on holiday.....from their boss, then they are expected to bring in photos to show that their "waste of time" was justified and honourable....thats why they take so many photos of everything.....
I have heard of and seen people pumped from jobs here for taking a few days unpaid holiday, and myself been told not to ask for holidays in a few jobs over the years..... "use it or lose it buddy"......can I have a few days? ...NO....even unpaid? ...NO.....but everybody else has had holidays......."look do what you want but if you take days off you get pumped"......can I have my holiday pay at the end of the year then, or have it rolled over until next year then?....NO....Against company policy......so what about my holiday pay...."like I said use it or lose it buddy hahaha".....right I'm off......OK Matey but that's you forefeit your week, your lying time and your Holiday pay..... you plonker, some company this is to work for ....

 

[martinxxxxxx]

Yes in the usa thay have a fadds agreement that lots of workers are coerced into agreeing not to smoke or drink even at weekends - it could come here if we don't all grow a pair

 

[Harness69]

Yes in the usa thay have a fadds agreement that lots of workers are coerced into agreeing not to smoke or drink even at weekends - it could come here if we don't all grow a pair

could be difficult .... xx

 

[martinxxxxxx]

could be difficult .... xx

Let me guess:-

You are an alcoholic?

You are really into smoking?

oh## what could it be that I am not getting here?