Guidance Around Covert Recordings In The Work Place.

Guidance Around Covert Recordings In The Work Place.

We are asked frequently – especially within the realms of the commercial investigations we complete against rogue employees – about recording people covertly. We are always keen to encourage employers and employees alike to err on the side of extreme caution around this.

For an employer to do so it would be a misstep that could yield massive negative consequences upon them and lead to employment tribunal action against them.

For an employee to do it could result in them being disciplined/dismissed for gross misconduct IF the matter is attended to and policies around this are in effect within the company. Read more about Guidance Around Covert Recordings In The Work Place.

How To Achieve A Higher Standard In Statement Taking

How To Achieve A Higher Standard In Statement Taking

We’re going to repost our guidance around statement-taking again on the blog this month because once more we’re left completely aghast at the standard of evidence-capturing through statements and interviews that we’re experiencing and having to redo on behalf of our solicitor clients or commercial clients.

In most of the incidents we’ve been called in on over the last three months alone, its because our clients have been presented with interview transcripts or statements obtained that are woefully below the evidential standard needed to see through a clean and just result. And the most maddening thing is that the interviewers and statement-takers are often HR professionals or retired police officers. Read more about How To Achieve A Higher Standard In Statement Taking