A large Aussie Bank has asked employees to sign contracts that give the company the right to check them with video surveillance while working from home.
The draft contract states that AMP can 'perform continuously, continuous camera supervision on or around the site of AMP and at another place where you work', as reported by news.com.au.
The surveillance can also contain 'access to E -mail accounts and e -mails and e -mails', 'access to files and other information on computers, storage devices or communication devices', and 'Access to records of internet use including sites and visited pages, files downloaded, video and data input'.
There was also a clause 'medical examinations', which stated that amp must 'require you to be examined by a doctor of your choice, either before you start work or during your employment, to determine your suitability to work'.
In addition, the bank can obtain and use the results of these studies for any purpose with regard to your employment. ”
Financial Sector Union (FSU) General Secretary Nicole McPherson has destroyed the 'Draconian contract with a number of very disturbing surveillance and medical privacy provisions'.
“It is shocking that every employer would propose the right to check his employees in their own home, forces them to undergo a medical examination by giving the employer's doctor and their right to privacy of medical information,” she said.
The FSU has encouraged its members not to sign the contract and demanded that it was revised.
A large Aussie Bank has asked employees to sign contracts that give the company the right to check them with video surveillance while they work from home (shares)
The draft contract states that AMP can 'continuously, constant camera supervision' of employees, even while working from home
Financial sector Union (FSU) General Secretary Nicole McPherson (photo) closed the contract as 'draconic' and insisted on union members
About 2,000 employees have been given a week to sign the document, and they have been encouraged to do this with a $ 1,000 stock fair, Mrs. McPherson claimed.
“Members feel under pressure, feel scared, they feel stressed,” she said.
“They tell us that they are incredibly concerned about their personal information, confidentiality, about keeping cameras out of their houses.”
Mrs. McPherson was indignant by another clause that said that employees could not take a voluntary position outside of work without the written permission of AMP.
“If you wanted to do something like that your daughter of your daughter during the weekend, if you are a member of your church committee or Rotary Club, you should get the prior written approval from AMP,” she said.
Another clause stated that employees would be obliged to respond to AMP contact outside of regular hours, which she said was the right to break the rights of employees. ”
But AMP hit back on Friday and said references to video supervision with regard to CCTV cameras on the company building, not looking at employees while working from home.
The bank told Daily Mail Australia in a statement that the contracts were 'drawn up and assessed by an external law firm, which verified that all contract clauses are in accordance with the common industrial practice used by many other organizations, and meet the current legal requirements'.
“To confirm, AMP is not a camera supervision of employees when they work from home,” said a spokesperson.
