• Johanno
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    169 months ago

    So professional drivers, watched by their employer, are using those to escape the control.

    Even if they allow them to disable the GPS, it would be a reason for firing smb. Or to cut their wage since, drivers with GPS on will get a bonus if they are faster. Or sth shit like that.

    • DosDude👾
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      149 months ago

      It’s illegal to spy on your workers through a camera in most EU countries. Why should GPS tracking be legal?

      • kick_out_the_jams
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        209 months ago

        A camera and GPS are two very different technologies with distinct capabilities that do not overlap.

        • @[email protected]
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          29 months ago

          I mean they both will reveal your location at a given time, so I’d say there’s some overlap.

        • DosDude👾
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          19 months ago

          I agree. But the post I replied to literally describes a way for the employer to spy.

          Rather than the employer spying, how about we keep the timer local on the vehicle. You don’t even need GPS for that either. Vehicle on, timer starts. Beeping after set amount of time. Beeping gets louder for every 10/15 minutes ignored. Insert an alucap condensator and resistor to not reset the timer after a certain amount of time.

          But I have no experience with truckers or their vehicles. So I might as well just be talking out of my ass.

      • @[email protected]
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        59 months ago

        It can also tie into mandatary rests, that the vehicle has to be stationary. And that is good thing as it makes it harder for emplyers to exploit their drivers.

      • @[email protected]
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        29 months ago

        You are registering where your own vehicle is driven by an employee that should not be using it for personal things anyway. In contrast to his/her face, this is not registering anything personal about this employee.

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        Can you elaborate? Is it illegal to have security cameras in a business if that means that an employee may be on it?

        • DosDude👾
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          19 months ago

          It’s illegal, at least in my country, to use your camera to keep an eye on your employees. You can only view it in case of illegal activities, for example something being stolen, etc. You also cannot save the footage for more than a certain amount of time, unless it needs to be used for an investigation of said illegal activities. I think it was 2 weeks, but I’m not sure.

          Using the camera to check up if your employees are working is illegal.

    • muse
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      99 months ago

      I have never seen smb short for somebody, and spent far too long reading that as “shake my butt” in the same connotation as smh

    • @[email protected]
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      29 months ago

      Yeah the scam shouldn’t last long. It should be easy to see if one of your drivers was jamming the GPS, and that would be cause to fire them.

      Were they otherwise good the employer is in a strong position to force the employee to comply