Florida-based company ordered to pay $73,000 after it fired a remote employee who refused to keep his webcam on all day
A court ruled that a Florida-based company owes a remote worker $73,000 after the company fired him for refusing to keep his webcam on.
The employee, who wasn't named in the suit, said the company could already monitor his activities on his laptop, and noted that he also was sharing his screen.the requirement for employees to keep their webcams on was"no different" from how an employee would be seen by everyone all day in a physical office, according to the court papers.
The fired employee took Chetu to court in the Netherlands, where he was based, saying he wasn't given an"urgent reason" to"justify the immediate dismissal given," and that the company's demand that he keep his webcam on was a violation of his privacy rights. "The employer has not made it clear enough about the reasons for the dismissal," the court said."Moreover, there has been no evidence of a refusal to work, nor has there been any reasonable instruction."
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