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Monday, May 4, 2009

HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORKPLACE

If your employer is a public authority, they must follow the principles of the Human Rights Act

Read about your human rights at work and what to do if you think they've been breached


The Human Rights Act was introduced in October 2000.

It adds protection for workers' rights and freedoms. Provisions within the Act deal with work-related matters.
If you work in the public sector, it's unlawful for your employer to violate your human rights under the Convention, unless an Act of Parliament means it has no choice.
If your employer isn't a public authority you can't make a claim against your employer for breach of your human rights. However, human rights law has been incorporated into general employment law and applies to all employers.
Any decision by an Employment Tribunal must follow the principles laid out in the Convention.


Rights that you have:

->you have the right to a private and family life. So an employer who discriminates against a gay worker, for example, may be violating that worker's right to a private life.
->Your employer has the right to monitor communications within the workplace as long as you're aware of the monitoring before it takes place.
Monitoring can cover:
emails
internet access
telephone calls
data
images

->You have the right to see any information held about you (for example, emails or CCTV footage).
->Your right to a private life means you have the right to some privacy in the workplace.
->You can't be monitored everywhere. (If your employer doesn't respect this, they'll be breaching human rights law).

4 comments:

  1. Is very important people know their rights at work to are not exploited!

    Good Post! =D

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  2. This post is important because sometimes not all workers have the same rights, then there will be a slave.

    :)

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  3. Yeah, I agree with the comments above. Employers should keep in mind that their employees are not their slaves.

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  4. It's very important for us to know our rights when we get a job. I think this is a very important posts to explain everyones' rights.

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