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qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Meanwhile, I often work with immediate risk of death or injury and, by law, I can not be equipped with a panic button for rescue purposes, as it is deemed unlawful surveillance of the worker.

I am supposed to warn in advance what work I will be doing and agree on a reasonable time window for it to be done safely, before having to call in again to say I am not yet dead and if the task is done or not.

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phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

by law, I can not be equipped with a panic button for rescue purposes, as it is deemed unlawful surveillance of the worker

That makes no sense. What country and what law? For one example, GDPR has an exemption for cases like that. And for another, how can it be surveillance when the communication is initiated by the worker as part of their job?

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- qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m in Portugal.
  
  I’ve asked if such devices could be supplied and I was given pretty much the same explanation I supplied here.
  
  Strangely enough, vehicles can be legally tracked, in real time, yet the company I work at has some union agreement that prevents such installation in the work vehicles.
  
  It’s a mess.
  
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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I think I would make an exception to that law for a panic button or other emergency device that only transmits when activated, like a ship’s EPIRB or an aircraft’s ELT.

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- qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s strange. Apparently it is one of those situations where the possibilty of something very useful being easily abused by companies to spy on their people is too great.
  
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