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Four days ago my boss installed a camera that picks up audio as well as video. He has cameras all over, that's fine, but the audio part is a bit strange because I know he's a paranoid and angry person. He got arrested last year for going to an ex-employee's new job and attacking him because of a percieved slight, and that's after he tried hiring another employee's husband and a homeless guy to beat the ex-employee up. Anyway, today he finally put a sign up warning customers that entering the store is "consent to audio recording" but he's been recording people's conversations for a bit now. He also has us all sign the paper below to continue our employment. I know in WA we can be terminated for anything so of course I signed it. As far as I know, WA is one of the few states that allows employees greater rights according to the 4th Amendment, so I don't know how legal it is to search someone's car without a warrant. We don't ever use our vehicles for anything, or have lockers, desks, or anything with us but our purses. Does this document allow him to search anything we carry with us? This is a small shop in Snohomish County. Basically I just want to know how legal all of this is. If it is, cool, I can deal with that. If it's not legal, how do I go about protecting myself, my co-workers, and our customers? 
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:What's the store? It's a smoke shop, and it is an at-will state. I've been trying to figure out if this is true: quote:While public employees have the protection of the Constitution, at least nine states (Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, and Washington) have provided those same rights regarding privacy to private employees. I'm also confused if entry can be consent to audio recording as far as customers are concerned, just because there's a warning on the door. E: one other thing is that he pays us according to schedule rather than actual work. Once the clock hits 10, we're off the clock even though closing takes 15-20 minutes. Scathach fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Jul 13, 2017 05:24
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