Karina Sargsian
In recent years, the issue of secret recordings by employees has sparked considerable controversy. You may recall the recent incident involving an employee at CloudFlare, who filmed herself for nine minutes while questioning HR about her termination from the IT company. She posted the video on TikTok, where it quickly went viral. If you have not seen the video, you can view it here.
Such incidents have left many employers wondering how they can protect themselves from covert recordings by employees.
Employees often resort to secretly recording conversations following workplace disputes. And while it may be nearly impossible to prevent employees from secretly recording work-related conversations, employers can implement a no-recording policy that includes termination for violating such policy. One concern for employers, however, is that an employee fired for violating the no-recording policy might claim that the termination was in retaliation for previous complaints, rather than for the policy violation itself. Read more