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Originally Posted by Rob M
That would depend entirely on what your contract or terms of employment state.
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Not really. I highly doubt there's a clause in the contract allowing it.
There are two important things here:
a) The employer needs to tell you formally what they're doing
b) The employer needs to put up notices informing all in the area that footage is being recorded, and especially that sound is being recorded
Do you have a union in your workplace? If so, are you a member? You need to talk to your union rep and they need to arrange a meeting with the employer at a local level post haste.
You say it's your lunch area - is this somewhere you just go to eat your lunch, or is it somewhere you're told you must spend your lunch break?! I hope it's not the latter.
The guidelines from the Trade Unions' Congress is that the employer needs a valid reason to put up cameras and if there isn't one, other than spying on staff, they shouldn't be there. Nonetheless, warning should be put up in the area. The basic fight you can put up is that all staff have a right to privacy in the workplace - just look at tuc.org.uk for more information.
As for sound recording, that's just out of order.