Comments on: Do employees have the right to check their email at work?

By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:44:43 +0000

Fair enough.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:56:02 +0000

I agree with Andrew and papa. Employer's have a right to expect you to do your job while they are paying you money. So, while some may get the privilege of doing so, it certainly isn't a right.

By: papadawg

papadawg — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:43 +0000

Okay, kids, here is the old fart again! Back in the day we did not have computers and cell phones and such, and we all got our work done just fine without all that fancy-schmancy stuff.

Here is the serious bottom line on this; The computer at your work belongs to your employer and not you, therefore your employer has the final say about what you can do with his computer.

Just my not-so-humble opinion.

By: Sal

Sal — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:04:57 +0000

I guess then we have to wait after work. It is the company's time so they do not care about anything to do with our private lives.

By: Flacco

Flacco — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:03:54 +0000

Guess I didn't think of it as being on the employee's time, I suppose you make a strong argument there.

By: Andrew Clunn

Andrew Clunn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:30:51 +0000

3 reasons:

1) If they're on company time, then the employer gets to decide what is expected of them during that time based on their job description, in which it can clearly be agreed upon that e-mail is not part of their privileges.

2) Security reasons on company owned computers.

3) If we start calling that a 'right' then the term has lost all meaning, so in defense of our other rights I insist that we have a little bit higher standards for what are to be perceived as 'rights'

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:30:40 +0000

Yea, what if it's an important email or something?

By: Sal

Sal — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:52:54 +0000

Why would they not have the right to do so?

By: Andrew Clunn

Andrew Clunn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:38:11 +0000

Have a right? No. Can it be stopped? No.

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:44:56 +0000

Yes I believe so. All other sites could be blocked, but when it comes to email, it could be important and since when does anyone have the right to take that privilege away from someone?