Legal Concerns of Installing CCTV on Shop Floors: How to Address Union Resistance?

Legal Considerations for Installing CCTV Cameras on the Shop Floor

Is it legal to install CCTV cameras inside the shop floor? What are the difficulties one might face in convincing the union about this matter? Should the management drop this idea? Please help me.

Regards,

You need not drop the idea of having CCTV cameras on the shop floor. The only thing is, your union will certainly resist it, which needs to be faced with valid points in the initial days.

Regards,
Amith R.

The Tamil Nadu government issued a notification last year to install CCTV cameras in factories where more than 100 employees work. I am attaching the newspaper cutting for your reference and records. Most of the union and employees will object to this installation because they believe the management will monitor their daily activities and waste their time. Kindly explain that the purpose of installing these cameras is not to monitor employees but to safeguard materials and belongings from unauthorized individuals and to ensure safety.

Regards,
Alphonse

Manager HRA GTE
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It is very much legal to install CCTV cameras inside the shop floor. You need to notify the employees about this and display a poster saying "Property under electronic surveillance." You need not worry about the unions. Those issues will always be there. You need to explain to the unions the purpose of the CCTV installation.

Many companies are installing CCTVs on shop floors not only for security reasons but also for safety and productivity purposes. CCTVs can be used for conducting JSA (Job Safety Analysis), correcting any safety violations, maintaining a hazard-free working environment, and for time and motion studies, etc.

Your intentions should be clear to convince the unions. If you are signaling that the CCTVs will be installed to spy on employees/workers, then your task will become difficult.

Regards, Anjan

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Warm regards.