Finding fraud: How to balance the rights of employers and employees - Crawford Ellenbogen

Privacy laws attempt to balance employers’ interests in minimizing losses and injuries with employees’ privacy interests. But you need to clearly state your business’s search and surveillance policies and have legitimate business reasons for monitoring employees. This generally enables you to, for example, listen in on business-related phone calls, track the use of company-owned devices and install surveillance cameras. But be very careful when conducting physical searches and contact legal counsel if you’re unsure about the legality of any action. If you need to conduct a fraud investigation, contact us.