Internet in the office: what is allowed and what is not

In 2009, employees have spent 86 minutes per day on average over the internet from their workplace. Which only one third as a professional, according to a study by Olf?o. What exonerate employees who like to stroll on the net between two ranges of work?

If Internet use for personal purposes is generally not favored by business, it is at least tolerated. In part because an outright ban on surfing the web to check emails, read a newspaper article or listening to music is technically very difficult to implement. Many companies, however, that filter or prohibit certain sites via their charter. The aim was primarily to cover, to prevent the actions of their virtual employees, which always involve the responsibility of the enterprise, are the source of sentences.One way to avoid as they saturate the bandwidth and not impair the productivity of their colleagues ….

Use "reasonable" is required

But if it is allowed to surf the web for personal purposes, such use must remain "reasonable," said the Labour Code. A character that the court weighs in case of dispute. Sending 156 emails two months personal example has been considered by the employer as grounds for dismissal of an employee for "misuse of the Internet on the workplace. A decision upheld by the tribunal.

While remaining within the limits of reasonable use of the Net, "the employer has any right way to look at any mail or file created by its employees unless they are explicitly" personal, "said Ahmed Baladi , a lawyer at Allen & Overy.A concept which is a priori assimilated external mailboxes (Type gmail, yahoo or orange …). The principle of respect for private life remains applicable to the workplace, the only requirement for the employee to make clear what he wants to meet her privacy. Not always obvious to all of his mail regularly titrate "STAFF".

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