Email filter + Dicontas service = Maximum legal defence
August 9, 2008 by dicontas . Filed under Featured Articles.
When a company is introducing or using an email filtering system to monitor its employee’s communications, its stakeholders must ensure that such operations must continually comply with all 26 UK Acts, Bills and Regulations.
With this many employment and human rights, it is far too easy for your company to break the law and for your company directors to risk court action, or for an employee to take your company to an employment tribunal.
“Vicarious Liability is the ‘no-fault’ liability where the BLAMELESS EMPLOYER is liable in law for the acts of a BLAMEWORTHY EMPLOYEE. We know digital pornography is an instrument used to bully and harass in the workplace. The interdiction of such use if the ONLY defence available in law.” – Dr Brian Bandey, Patronus.
By using Dicontas with your selected email filtering system, your company shareholders can be assured that your company can demonstrate that it has taken all reasonably practical measures to prevent discrimination (including harassment) from occurring via email communications. These measures will provide a statutory defence in the event that they are litigated against following an allegation of harassment.