Worker fired for disabling GPS application that follows him 24 hours a day (after hours)

A former sales manager in the company Intermex, borrow money sent, was fired for refusing to work on a permanent personal phone application allows employers to track it via GPS 24 hours a day. Now she is seeking damages in the amount of half a million dollars.





After examining the application and conversation with an employee of the company-developer Xora , Myrna and her colleagues asked whether the employer - Intermex - track their location in the non-business hours. It turned out that the employer will monitor them all the time since the launch of the application on the smartphone. In particular, this is done in order to find out the speed with which the employees are the car, how much time they spend with customers and on which roads go, сообщает Arstechnica .

The application user can customize the working and non-working hours, but GPS monitoring is in any case - you can not turn it off.

Myrna Erias considered this a violation of her privacy. It compares this application with a bracelet that is worn on the ankle prisoners, as reported this to his supervisor. She removed Xora application from your smartphone. Head reacted immediately, dismissing a woman.

Salary Myrna was 7000 $ 250 per month. According to the lawyer, it is while working in Intermex «fulfilled all quotas."

The lawsuit , which includes invasion of privacy and unfair business practice, the lawyer of the former employee of the company is seeking damages in the amount of 500 thousand dollars. Will you allow the employer to follow you 24 hours a day?

Yes, I have nothing to hide

Depends on wages

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