Firm’s employee tracking system costs them €40,000

ANY employer using hidden surveillance will need to think twice about such tactics, after a firm which secretly installed tracking devices on the vehicles of its sales staff was ordered to pay €40,000 in compensation to a former worker.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ordered a Northern firm to pay €40,000 in compensation to the former worker, who was fired after the surveillance highlighted discrepancies in his claims for expenses.

“Setting traps and ambushes for an employee is inappropriate behaviour for an employer,” stated the EAT.