Vetting and Monitoring Employees: A Guide for HR Practitioners - Tapa dura

Most employers will at some time wish to read employees' e-mails, check on employees' use of the Internet and open correspondence addressed to an individual. There may be clear cases where secret or covert surveillance either by video camera or private investigators is required. The law is complex and, in some cases, confusing. This book aims to set out the law clearly and give practical guidance, including examples of policies and procedures, which has been found to work. Vetting staff before taking them into employment is equally fraught with legal issues - none more so than the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 to gain explicit consent before seeking certain sensitive information. This book gives guidance in this difficult area of employment law with practical advice, precedents and policies.

Gillian Howard is an employment lawyer, specialising in employment law, personal injury and medical negligence. She has both corporate and individual clients and has a wide-ranging practice in both contentious and non-contentious work. She represents clients at tribunals as well as advising and drafting on company policies and procedures. She is author of many publications, including Tolley's Drafting Contracts of Employment and Fitness for Work - Medical Aspects, published by Oxford University Press. She regularly writes articles in HR and medical journals. She appears on the TV and radio on employment law issues. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Occupational Medicine at the University of Birmingham.