Lidl sorry over spying on staff

SUPERMARKET chain Lidl yesterday apologised to staff after being accused of systematically spying on them.

It took out of series of newspaper adverts in Germany saying: “We regret it profoundly and apologise explicitly if co-workers feel discredited and personally hurt by the described procedures.”

Last week, German magazine Stern reported that Lidl had hired detectives who installed surveillance cameras to monitor the staff’s work performance and even to find out how often they used the toilets and whether they had affairs with co-workers.