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at 14:20:39 on Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Tim Turner <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>I'm possibly wearing my Devil's Advocate Hat - why should they (we) be
>allowed to do send personal emails at work? It might be nice, it might be
>useful, it might be more conducive to good employer / employee relations,
>but is it so terrible to refuse to allow staff to send personal emails? Is
>it in any way illegal to do so?
There was a Home Office circular in about 1999 which said that private
phone calls to/from work were something that people should have a right
to do (even if it meant taking an official break and using a callbox in
reception). The ruling I posted earlier seems to say that what's good
for phone is also good for email.
--
Roland Perry
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